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MANDUCA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Manduca mean?
• MANDUCA (noun)
The noun MANDUCA has 1 sense:
1. moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms
Familiarity information: MANDUCA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Manduca; Manduca
Hypernyms ("Manduca" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Manduca"):
Manduca sexta (moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms)
Manduca sexta; tobacco hornworm; tomato worm (large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm)
Manduca quinquemaculata (moth whose larvae are tomato hornworms)
Holonyms ("Manduca" is a member of...):
family Sphingidae; Sphingidae (hawkmoths)
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