Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun manduca_sexta

2 senses of manduca sexta

Sense 1
tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca sexta -- (large green white-striped hawkmoth larva that feeds on tobacco and related plants; similar to tomato hornworm)
       => caterpillar -- (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)

Sense 2
Manduca sexta -- (moth whose larvae are tobacco hornworms)
       => hawkmoth, hawk moth, sphingid, sphinx moth, hummingbird moth -- (any of various moths with long narrow forewings capable of powerful flight and hovering over flowers to feed)