tomato sphinx

noun

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

Meanings

nountomato sphinx (plural tomato sphinxes)

plural tomato sphinxes

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