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The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.

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  1. n. The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.
  2. n. any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls
  3. The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours the bolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage to the crops.
  4. The larva of a moth (Heliothis armigera) which devours thebolls or unripe pods of the cotton plant, often doing great damage tothe crops.
  5. n:100 n. any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls