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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The larva of a noctuid moth (Heliothis virescens) of the Americas that feeds on and damages the buds of certain crop plants and ornamental plants, especially tobacco, cotton, geraniums, and petunias.
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- noun larva of a noctuid moth; highly destructive to especially corn and cotton and tomato crops
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