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POTATO TUBERWORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potato tuberworm mean?
• POTATO TUBERWORM (noun)
The noun POTATO TUBERWORM has 1 sense:
1. larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
Familiarity information: POTATO TUBERWORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Phthorimaea operculella; potato tuberworm
Hypernyms ("potato tuberworm" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
Holonyms ("potato tuberworm" is a member of...):
genus Phthorimaea; Phthorimaea (potato moths)
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