RAILROAD WORM

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Meaning:

Larvae bore into and feed on apples

Synonyms:

apple maggot; railroad worm; Rhagoletis pomonella

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("railroad worm" is a kind of...):

fruit fly; pomace fly (any of numerous small insects whose larvae feed on fruits)

Holonyms ("railroad worm" is a member of...):

genus Rhagoletis; Rhagoletis (a genus of Trypetidae)

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