MANDUCA SEXTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Manduca sexta mean? 

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

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

2. moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MANDUCA SEXTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Manduca sexta; tobacco hornworm; tomato worm

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

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

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

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

Sense 2

Meaning:

Moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Manduca sexta" 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 sexta" is a member of...):

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