What does potato worm mean?

potato worm means "large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm".

What is another word for potato worm?

Close synonyms include tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata. 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 potato worm a common word?

potato worm is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

potato worm — meaning, pronunciation and definition

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1.
large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm
Synonymstomato hornworm Manduca quinquemaculata
Broadercaterpillar

Questions about potato worm

What does potato worm mean?: potato worm means "large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm".
What is another word for potato worm?: Close synonyms include tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata. 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.

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