bollworm (redirected from bollworms)

boll·worm  (blwûrm)

n.

1. The pink bollworm.

2. See corn earworm.

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bollworm [ˈbəʊlˌwɜːm]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various moth caterpillars, such as Pectinophora (or Platyedra) gossypiella (pink bollworm), that feed on and destroy cotton bolls

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

bollworm - any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls caterpillar - a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth Gelechia gossypiella, pink bollworm - larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls corn earworm, cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm - larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops