tomato worm

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Noun1.Tomato worm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plantstomato worm - large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
Manduca sexta, tobacco hornworm
genus Manduca, Manduca - moths whose larvae are tobacco hornworms or tomato hornworms
caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
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