BOLLWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does bollworm mean? 

• BOLLWORM (noun)
  The noun BOLLWORM has 1 sense:

1. any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls

  Familiarity information: BOLLWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOLLWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("bollworm" is a kind of...):

caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "bollworm"):

Gelechia gossypiella; pink bollworm (larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls)

corn earworm; cotton bollworm; Heliothis zia; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; vetchworm (larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops)