hornworms
hornworms is the plural of hornworm.
Meaning of hornworm
Noun
hornworm (plural hornworms)
- A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process.
- Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae.
- The project, part of a wave of interest in life-imitating robotics, is a collaboration of seven Tufts faculty members from five departments in the schools of engineering and arts and sciences. Dr. Trimmer comes from the field of neurobiology, where he has been studying the tobacco hornworm, Manduca...2007 March 27, John Schwartz, “In the Lab: Robots That Slink and Squirm”, in New York Times
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- What is hornworms the plural of?
- Hornworms is the plural of hornworm.
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