MANDUCA QUINQUEMACULATA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manduca quinquemaculata mean? 

• MANDUCA QUINQUEMACULATA (noun)
  The noun MANDUCA QUINQUEMACULATA has 2 senses:

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

2. moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms

  Familiarity information: MANDUCA QUINQUEMACULATA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANDUCA QUINQUEMACULATA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Manduca quinquemaculata; potato worm; tomato hornworm

Hypernyms ("Manduca quinquemaculata" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Manduca quinquemaculata" is a kind of...):

hawk moth; hawkmoth; hummingbird moth; sphingid; sphinx moth (any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed)

Holonyms ("Manduca quinquemaculata" is a member of...):

genus Manduca; Manduca (moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms)