TOBACCO HORNWORM

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Meaning:

Large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm

Synonyms:

Manduca sexta; tobacco hornworm; tomato worm

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tobacco hornworm" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Holonyms ("tobacco hornworm" is a member of...):

genus Manduca; Manduca (moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms)