"hornworm" meaning in All languages combined

See hornworm on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: hornworms [plural]
Etymology: horn + worm Etymology templates: {{compound|en|horn|worm}} horn + worm Head templates: {{en-noun}} hornworm (plural hornworms)
  1. A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process. Categories (lifeform): Sphinx moths Translations (caterpillar): kiitäjän toukka (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-hornworm-en-noun-Xtfflnuq Disambiguation of Sphinx moths: 52 48 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of 'caterpillar': 88 12
  2. Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae. Categories (lifeform): Sphinx moths
    Sense id: en-hornworm-en-noun-84FHUlDj Disambiguation of Sphinx moths: 52 48
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, tomato hornworm, Manduca quinquemaculata

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for hornworm meaning in All languages combined (2.6kB)

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