English noun: corn earworm | |||
1. | corn earworm (animal) larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops | ||
Synonyms | cotton bollworm, Heliothis zia, tobacco budworm, tomato fruitworm, vetchworm | ||
Broader (hypernym) | bollworm | ||
Member meronym | family Noctuidae, Noctuidae | ||