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CABBAGEWORM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Toxic green larva of a cabbage butterfly
Synonyms:
cabbageworm; Pieris rapae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cabbageworm" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
Holonyms ("cabbageworm" is a member of...):
genus Pieris; Pieris (type genus of the Pieridae)