- potato tuberworm
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/tooh"beuhr werrm', tyooh"-/the larva of the potato moth.[1935-40, Amer.; TUBER + WORM]
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potato tuberworm
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potato tuberworm — noun larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco • Syn: ↑Phthorimaea operculella • Hypernyms: ↑caterpillar • Member Holonyms: ↑Phthorimaea, ↑genus Phthorimaea * * * nou … Useful english dictionary
potato tuberworm — noun Date: 1920 a grayish brown moth (Phthorimaea operculella) whose larva mines the leaves and bores in the stems and tubers of the potato plant and often attacks other solanaceous plants (as tobacco and tomato) … New Collegiate Dictionary
potato tuberworm — pota′to tu′ber•worm [[t]ˈtu bərˌwɜrm, ˈtyu [/t]] n. ent the larva of the potato moth • Etymology: 1935–40, amer … From formal English to slang
potato moth — noun greyish brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm • Syn: ↑potato tuber moth, ↑splitworm, ↑Phthorimaea operculella • Hypernyms: ↑gelechiid, ↑gelechiid moth * * * noun or … Useful english dictionary
potato tuber moth — noun greyish brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm • Syn: ↑potato moth, ↑splitworm, ↑Phthorimaea operculella • Hypernyms: ↑gelechiid, ↑gelechiid moth * * * noun see p … Useful english dictionary
Phthorimaea operculella — Taxobox name = Potato tuber moth image width = 250px regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Lepidoptera familia = Gelechiidae genus = Phthorimaea species = P. operculella binomial = Phthorimaea operculella binomial… … Wikipedia
Phthorimaea operculella — noun 1. larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco • Syn: ↑potato tuberworm • Hypernyms: ↑caterpillar • Member Holonyms: ↑Phthorimaea, ↑genus Phthorimaea 2. greyish brown moth who … Useful english dictionary
splitworm — noun greyish brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm • Syn: ↑potato moth, ↑potato tuber moth, ↑Phthorimaea operculella • Hypernyms: ↑gelechiid, ↑gelechiid moth * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun … Useful english dictionary
gelechiid — noun small slender winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests • Syn: ↑gelechiid moth • Hypernyms: ↑moth • Hyponyms: ↑Gelechia gossypiella, ↑grain moth, ↑potato moth, ↑p … Useful english dictionary
genus Phthorimaea — noun potato moths • Syn: ↑Phthorimaea • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gelechiidae, ↑family Gelechiidae • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
