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Meaning of hornworm | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process.
  2. Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae.

Equivalents

Suomi kiitäjä

Examples

“The project, part of a wave of interest in life-imitating robotics, is a collaboration of seven Tufts faculty members from five departments in the schools of engineering and arts and sciences. Dr. Trimmer comes from the field of neurobiology, where he has been studying the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta, since 1990.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Hornwort hornwrack horny goat weed horny jail Horny Tim's horny toad

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