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bollworms

bollworms is the plural of bollworm.

Meaning of bollworm

Noun

bollworm (plural bollworms)

  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; […]1916, F. C. Willcocks, The Insect and Related Pests of Egypt (volume 1, page 176)

Phrases with bollworms

Questions about bollworms

What is bollworms the plural of?
Bollworms is the plural of bollworm.

Words near bollworms in the dictionary

  1. bolloxology
  2. bolls
  3. bollu preñáu
  4. Bollwitt
  5. bollworm
  6. bollworms
  7. Bolly
  8. Bollygarch
  9. Bollygarchs
  10. Bollywood
  11. Bollywoodian

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