CORN EARWORM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does corn earworm mean? 

• CORN EARWORM (noun)
  The noun CORN EARWORM has 1 sense:

1. larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops

  Familiarity information: CORN EARWORM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CORN EARWORM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

corn earworm; cotton bollworm; Heliothis zia; tobacco budworm; tomato fruitworm; vetchworm

Hypernyms ("corn earworm" is a kind of...):

bollworm (any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls)

Holonyms ("corn earworm" is a member of...):

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)