BOLLWORM

Meaning of BOLLWORM in English

ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun

1. : corn earworm — used chiefly when the larva is feeding on cotton bolls

2. : any of several noctuid moth larvae other than the corn earworm — usually used in combination

red bollworm

Webster's New International English Dictionary. Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster. 2012

BOLLWORM — noun Date: 1847 corn earworm
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BOLLWORM — Any larva of various moth species, including the pink bollworm (family Gelechiidae) and some Heliothis species (family Noctuidae; see corn …
Английский словарь Британика
BOLLWORM — (n.) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often …
Английский словарь Webster
BOLLWORM — ( n. ) The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
BOLLWORM — /bohl"werrm'/ , n. 1. See pink bollworm . 2. See corn earworm . [ 1840-50, Amer.; BOLL + WORM ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BOLLWORM — n. moth caterpillars that ruin cotton bolls; moth larva that eats corn
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BOLLWORM — noun Date: 1847 : corn earworm ; also : any of several other moths that feed on cotton bolls as …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BOLLWORM — noun the larva of a moth (heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often …
Webster English vocab
BOLLWORM — ■ noun a moth caterpillar which is a pest of cotton and other crops in North America.
Concise Oxford English vocab
BOLLWORM — [boll.worm] n (1847): corn earworm; also: any of several other moths or their immature stages that feed on cotton bolls …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BOLLWORM — any larva of various moths (order Lepidoptera), including the pink bollworm of the family Gelechiidae (see gelechiid moth) and some …
Britannica English vocabulary
BOLLWORM — n. Any larva of various moth species, including the pink bollworm (family Gelechiidae) and some Heliothis species (family Noctuidae; see …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BOLLWORM — зоол. коробочный червь (зоология) коробочный червь (Heliothis armigera)
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOLLWORM — n зоол. коробочный червь ( Heliothis armigera )
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
BOLLWORM — зоол. коробочный червь
Англо-Русский научно-технический словарь
BOLLWORM — (n) коробочный червь
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
BOLLWORM — n зоол. коробочный червь ( Heliothis armigera )
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
BOLLWORM — n зоол. коробочный червь ( Heliothis armigera )
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
BOLLWORM — совка хлопковая, коробочный червь (Heliothis zea) - cotton bollworm - Egyptian bollworm - flax bollworm - pink bollworm
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BOLLWORM — совка хлопковая, коробочный червь ( Heliothis zea ) - cotton bollworm - Egyptian bollworm - flax bollworm - pink bollworm
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BOLLWORM — зоол. коробочный червь (зоология) коробочный червь (Heliothis armigera)
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
BOLLWORM — n. Pronunciation: ' b ō l- ˌ w ə rm Function: noun Date: 1847 : CORN EARWORM also : any …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
PINK BOLLWORM — noun Date: 1906 a small dark brown moth ( Pectinophora gossypiella ) whose pinkish larva bores into the flowers and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
COTTON BOLLWORM — noun Date: 1870 corn earworm
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
FLAX BOLLWORM — noun : a grub that is the larva of a moth ( Heliothis ononis ) and is closely related to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
PINK BOLLWORM — the larva of a gelechiid moth, Pectinophora gossypiella, that feeds on the seeds of the bolls of cotton and was …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
PINK BOLLWORM — [pink bollworm] n (1906): a small dark brown moth (Pectinophora gossypiella) whose pinkish larva bores into the flowers and bolls …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
COTTON BOLLWORM — см. bollworm
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
COTTON BOLLWORM — см. bollworm
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
CORN EARWORM — /ear"werrm'/ the larva of a cosmopolitan noctuid moth, Heliothis zea, that is highly destructive to crops, esp. corn, cotton, and …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
MOTH — South African day-flying moth (Euchromia formosa) any of several thousand species of usually nocturnal insects belonging to about 47 families …
Britannica English vocabulary
GELECHIID MOTH — any member of the large, cosmopolitan insect family Gelechiidae (order Lepidoptera), containing more than 3,700 described species of moths, including …
Britannica English vocabulary

Webster's New International English Dictionary

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