COTTON BOLLWORM

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Meaning:

Larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops

Synonyms:

corn earworm; cotton bollworm; Heliothis zia; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; vetchworm

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("cotton bollworm" is a kind of...):

bollworm (any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls)

Holonyms ("cotton bollworm" is a member of...):

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)

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