caterpillar vs Pyrausta nubilalis
Pyrausta nubilalis vs caterpillarcaterpillar and Pyrausta nubilalis both are nouns.
| Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| caterpillar | Yes | No | No | No |
| Pyrausta nubilalis | Yes | No | No | No |
As nouns,
Pyrausta nubilalis is a hyponym of
caterpillar; that is, Pyrausta nubilalis is a
word with a more specific, narrower meaning than
caterpillar:
- caterpillar: a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth
- Pyrausta nubilalis: larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize
Other hyponyms of caterpillar include
tussock caterpillar, cankerworm, inchworm, looper, measuring worm, Phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm, cutworm, army worm, armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta, beet armyworm, Spodoptera exigua, fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda, Manduca sexta, tobacco hornworm, tomato worm, Manduca quinquemaculata, potato worm, tomato hornworm, silkworm, giant silkworm, silkworm, wild wilkworm, tent caterpillar, lappet caterpillar, webworm, corn borer, bollworm, cabbageworm, Pieris rapae, woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar.
| caterpillar (noun) | Pyrausta nubilalis (noun) |
|---|---|
| a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth | native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants |
| larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize |
Words related to "caterpillar"
- Lepidoptera
- Manduca quinquemaculata
- Manduca sexta
- Phthorimaea operculella
- Pieris rapae
- Pseudaletia unipuncta
- Pyrausta nubilalis
- Spodoptera exigua
- Spodoptera frugiperda
- army worm
- armyworm
- beet armyworm
- bollworm
- cabbageworm
- cankerworm
- corn borer
- cutworm
- fall armyworm
- giant silkworm
- inchworm
- lappet caterpillar
- larva
- looper
- measuring worm
- order Lepidoptera
- potato tuberworm
- potato worm
- silkworm
- tent caterpillar
- tobacco hornworm
- tomato hornworm
- tomato worm
- tussock caterpillar
- webworm
- wild wilkworm
- woolly bear
- woolly bear caterpillar
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