| 单词 | tobacco hornworm |
| 释义 | tobacco hornworm in American English a hawk moth (Manduca sexta) whose large, green caterpillar feeds on the leaves of tobacco plants tobacco hornworm in American Englishnoun the larva of a hawk moth, Manduca sexta, having a hornlike structure at its posterior end and feeding on the leaves of tobacco and other plants of the nightshade family Also called: tobacco worm Word origin [1730–40]This word is first recorded in the period 1730–40. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: canteen, humbug, secret service, swipe, thesaurus |
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