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caterpillar vs Spodoptera exigua

Spodoptera exigua vs caterpillar

caterpillar and Spodoptera exigua both are nouns.

Word NounAdjectiveVerbAdverb
caterpillar Yes No No No
Spodoptera exigua Yes No No No
As nouns, Spodoptera exigua is a hyponym of caterpillar; that is, Spodoptera exigua 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
  • Spodoptera exigua: moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables
Other hyponyms of caterpillar include tussock caterpillar, cankerworm, inchworm, looper, measuring worm, Phthorimaea operculella, potato tuberworm, cutworm, army worm, armyworm, Pseudaletia unipuncta, beet armyworm, 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, Pyrausta nubilalis, bollworm, cabbageworm, Pieris rapae, woolly bear, woolly bear caterpillar.
caterpillar (noun) Spodoptera exigua (noun)
a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth moth whose larvae are beet armyworms
moth larva that eats foliage of beets and other vegetables
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