单词 | potato worm |
释义 | > as lemmaspotato worm potato worm n. U.S. a hornworm (hawkmoth) that feeds on potato plants; esp. the tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata; the large green larva of these moths. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > Heterocera > [noun] > unspecified and miscellaneous types > miscellaneous types > gnorimoschema operculella (potato tuber moth) > larva of or potato tuberworm potato worm1842 potato tuberworm1894 1842 T. W. Harris Treat. Insects New Eng. 226 Every farmer's boy knows the potato-worm. 1922 Manitoba Free Press 21 Jan. ii. 2 ‘You know what the potato worm looks like, don't you?’ asked their uncle—‘Sure,’ said Donnie, ‘It's green with white stripes and it's just 'normous’. 2005 Star Gaz. (Elmira, N.Y.) (Nexis) 21 June d1 I still remember finding my first potato worm. < as lemmas |
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