bollworm

English

Etymology

From boll +‎ worm.

Noun

bollworm (plural bollworms)

  1. The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to cotton.
    • 1916, F. C. Willcocks, The Insect and Related Pests of Egypt (volume 1, page 176)
      […] which means that sowing at the usual rate of about two and one half kelehs of seed per feddan, we may sow at the same time from 4,000 to 5,000 living pink bollworms in the infested seeds; […]

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