manduca sexta

Questions about manduca sexta

What does manduca sexta mean?

manduca sexta means "large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for manduca sexta?

Close synonyms include tobacco hornworm, tomato worm. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is manduca sexta a common word?

manduca sexta is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.