Manduca sexta

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Noun	1.	Manduca sexta - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornwormtobacco hornworm, tomato wormgenus Manduca, Manduca - moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornwormscaterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
	2.	Manduca sexta - moth whose larvae are tobacco hornwormshawk moth, hawkmoth, hummingbird moth, sphingid, sphinx moth - any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feedgenus Manduca, Manduca - moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms