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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.

  • noun A small grayish moth (Cydia pomonella) whose larvae are destructive to various fruits, especially apples.

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The Carpocapsa pomonella (Linnæus), a common and widespread pest of apple-orchards.

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  • noun A small moth, Cydia pomonella, whose larvae (the apple worms) are destructive to apples and other fruit

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts

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