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potato worm

DEFINITIONS OF: potato worm

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

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