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SPLITWORM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does splitworm mean?
• SPLITWORM (noun)
The noun SPLITWORM has 1 sense:
1. greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
Familiarity information: SPLITWORM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Phthorimaea operculella; potato moth; potato tuber moth; splitworm
Hypernyms ("splitworm" is a kind of...):
gelechiid; gelechiid moth (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)
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