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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A small grayish moth (Cydia pomonella) whose larvae are destructive to various fruits, especially apples.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Carpocapsa pomonella (Linnæus), a common and widespread pest of apple-orchards.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A small moth, Cydia pomonella, whose
larvae (theapple worms ) aredestructive toapples and otherfruit
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts
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