¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Hornworm
1. the larva of a hawkmoth [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Hornworm
Literary usage of Hornworm
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Story of the Cigarette by William Wesley Young (1916)
"foe, the green hornworm, or hornblower as it is called in some parts of the ...
The hornworm is the caterpillar of a large sphinx moth, which eats the ..."
2. Biotechnology and Food: Leader and Participant Guide by Tom Zinnen, Jane Voichick (1994)
"If farmers can learn to grow the wasps that eat tomato hornworm, farmers might
be able to control the hornworm without having to use chemicals. ..."
3. Biotechnology for the Twenty-First Century by DIANE Publishing Company (1993)
"T-1 is the leaf of a potato plant engineered to be resistant to tobacco hornworm.
C-3 is the leaf of a control potato plant. Both have been exposed to the ..."
4. Annual Report by Ohio State Board of Agriculture (1892)
"The tobacco field should, therefore, be well cultivated early in the season, and
late cultivation, if necessary, should be shallow. The hornworm generally ..."
5. A Lifelong Passion: Nicholas and Alexandra: Their Own Story by Andrei Maylunas (2005)
"... the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta. FEBS Letters 267(2):305-10, Jul 16 1990.
Hydrodynamic studies conducted in the analytical ultracentrifuge provided ..."
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