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VETCHWORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vetchworm mean?
• VETCHWORM (noun)
The noun VETCHWORM has 1 sense:
1. larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
Familiarity information: VETCHWORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
corn earworm; cotton bollworm; Heliothis zia; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; vetchworm
Hypernyms ("vetchworm" is a kind of...):
bollworm (any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls)
Holonyms ("vetchworm" is a member of...):
family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)
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