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Manduca sexta

DEFINITIONS OF: Manduca sexta

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

Synonyms:
tobacco hornworm, tomato worm
Type of:
caterpillar
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth

n moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms

Type of:
hawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth
any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed
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