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POTATO WORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does potato worm mean?
• POTATO WORM (noun)
The noun POTATO WORM has 1 sense:
1. large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tomato and potato plants; similar to tobacco hornworm
Familiarity information: POTATO WORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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 ("potato worm" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
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