Usually means: Pest larva damaging to crops.
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  1. bollworm: Merriam-Webster
  2. bollworm: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. bollworm: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. bollworm: Collins English Dictionary
  5. bollworm: Vocabulary.com
  6. bollworm: Wordnik
  7. bollworm: Wiktionary
  8. bollworm: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. bollworm: Dictionary.com
  10. Bollworm: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  11. Bollworm: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  12. bollworm: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  13. bollworm: Rhymezone
  14. Bollworm: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  15. bollworm: FreeDictionary.org
  16. bollworm: Mnemonic Dictionary
  17. bollworm: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (bollworm)

▸ noun:  The larvae of any of various species of moth that are pests to cotton.

Similar:
cotton worm, cottonworm, fruitworm, boll weevil, budworm, cutworm, corn earworm, cabbage worm, South American bollworm moth, budmoth, more...

Opposite:
Unfortunately

Types:
corn earworm, tomato fruitworm, cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, more...

Phrases:
Pink bollworm, cotton bollworm, more...

Adjectives:
pink, american, red, spiny, spotted, african, false, rough, male

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Similar:
cotton worm, cottonworm, fruitworm, boll weevil, budworm, cutworm, corn earworm, cabbage worm, South American bollworm moth, budmoth, more...

Opposite:
Unfortunately

Types:
corn earworm, tomato fruitworm, cotton bollworm, tobacco budworm, more...

Phrases:
Pink bollworm, cotton bollworm, more...

Adjectives:
pink, american, red, spiny, spotted, african, false, rough, male



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