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Any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
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bollworm
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A bollworm is a common term for any larva of a moth that attacks the fruiting bodies of certain crops , especially cotton . The most common moths known as bollworms are: Red or Sudan Bollworm: Diaparopsis Rough Bollworm: Earias perhuegeli Spotted Bollworm: ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Bollworm \Boll"worm`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) The larva of a moth ( Heliothis armigera ) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.
Wiktionary
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n. The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to cotton.
WordNet
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n. any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
Usage examples of bollworm.
Science News, limonoids have been found to deter agricultural pests such as armyworms and the cotton bollworm.
But different species can kill as many as two hundred kinds of pests, mostly caterpillars, like armyworms, cutworms, corn earworms, moths, leafworms and bollworms.
One is called the native budworm and the other, the corn earworm or the cotton bollworm - a good rowdy name for this pest.