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Noun: cotton bollworm
  1. Larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
    - corn earworm, tomato fruitworm, tobacco budworm, vetchworm, Heliothis zia

Derived forms: cotton bollworms

Type of: bollworm

Part of: family Noctuidae, Noctuidae

Encyclopedia: Cotton bollworm