bollworm

n. 棉红铃虫, 螟蛉虫

词形变化

bollworms 复数 bollworms

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

    The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to cotton.

    […] which means that sowing at the usual rate of about two and one half kelehs of seed per feddan, we may sow at the same time from 4,000 to 5,000 living pink bollworms in the infested seeds; […]

词汇关系

名词

上位词 1

caterpillar

下位词 4

corn earworm pink bollworm tobacco budworm tomato fruitworm

相关短语

South American bollworm moth South American bollworm moths pink bollworm 棉红铃虫

词源

From boll + worm.

来源：wiktionary