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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The green caterpillar of a hawkmoth (Manduca sexta) of the southern United States, Central and South America, and the West Indies that feeds on the leaves of solanaceous plants, especially tobacco and tomato.
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- noun large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm
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