manduca sexta

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manduca sexta - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Manduca sexta
      n 1: large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on
           tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
           [syn: tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca sexta]
      2: moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms