POTATO TUBER MOTH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm

Synonyms:

Phthorimaea operculella; potato moth; potato tuber moth; splitworm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("potato tuber moth" is a kind of...):

gelechiid; gelechiid moth (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)

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