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tomato sphinx

tomato sphinx noun: a species of moth, Manduca sexta or Manduca rustica, whose caterpillar is the tomato worm.

Noun

tomato sphinx (plural tomato sphinxes)

  1. A species of moth, Manduca sexta or Manduca rustica, whose caterpillar is the tomato worm

Forms of tomato sphinx

pluraltomato sphinxes

Questions about tomato sphinx

What does tomato sphinx mean?
Tomato sphinx means a species of moth, Manduca sexta or Manduca rustica, whose caterpillar is the tomato worm.
What part of speech is tomato sphinx?
Tomato sphinx is a noun.
What is the plural of tomato sphinx?
The plural of tomato sphinx is tomato sphinxes.

Words near tomato sphinx in the dictionary

  1. tomato sauce
  2. tomato sauce-y
  3. tomato sauces
  4. tomato saucey
  5. tomato saucy
  6. tomato sphinx
  7. tomato surprise
  8. tomato surprises
  9. tomato water
  10. tomato worm
  11. tomato worms

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