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GENUS MANDUCA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms
Synonyms:
genus Manduca; Manduca
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Manduca" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Manduca"):
Manduca sexta (moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms)
Manduca sexta; tobacco hornworm; tomato worm (large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm)
Manduca quinquemaculata (moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms)
Holonyms ("genus Manduca" is a member of...):
family Sphingidae; Sphingidae (hawkmoths)