tobacco hornworm
noun
: an American hawk moth (Manduca sexta) whose large usually green larva is a hornworm that feeds on the leaves of plants of the nightshade family and especially tobacco and tomato
Example Sentences
Recent Examples on the Web In 2008, researchers from Georgetown University, in Washington, D.C., taught caterpillars of the tobacco hornworm moth to dislike—and avoid—a particular scent. 
Liz Langley, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020
Liz Langley, National Geographic, 11 Aug. 2020 Word History
First Known Use
circa 1909, in the meaning defined above
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