hornworm

English

noun

Definitions

A caterpillar of a hawk moth that has a hornlike tail process.
Some moths in the genus Manduca of the hawk moth family Sphingidae.

Etymology

Compound from English horn (sexual arousement, erection, noun) + English worm.

Origin

English

worm

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Timeline

Distribution of cognates by language

Geogrpahic distribution of cognates

Cognates and derived terms

Hornblower English
airhorn English
angleworm English
antiworm English
armyworm English
arrow worm English
arrowworm English
backworm English
bagworm English
basketworm English
beetworm English
behorn English
bighorn English
blackworm English
bladderworm English
blowhorn English
bollworm English
bookworm English
brainworm English
buckhorn English
budworm English
bullhorn English
butterhorn English
buzzworm English
caddisworm English
cankerworm English
caseworm English
catworm English
coach horn English
cockworm English
coneworm English
copperworm English
cornworm English
cryptoworm English
cutworm English
deerhorn English
dehorn English
demihorn English
deworm English
dewworm English
dishorn English
dropworm English
earthworm English
earworm English
eelworm English
eigenworm English
elkhorn English
eyeworm English
feedhorn English
fireworm English
fish-horn English
fishworm English
flagworm English
flatworm English
fleshworm English
flowerhorn English
flukeworm English
foghorn English
gapeworm English
glowworm English
gnatworm English
gourdworm English
groundworm English
grubworm English
hairworm English
hartshorn English
heartworm English
hookworm English
horn English
horn-bearing English
hornbag English
hornball English
hornbeak English
hornbill English
hornblower English
hornbook English
hornbug English
horncore English
horndog English
horned English
hornen English
horner English
hornfoot English
hornful English
hornification English
horning English
hornish English
hornist English
hornless English
hornlet English
hornlike English
hornowl English
hornpike English
hornpipe English
hornpout English
hornpox English
hornrims English
hornsman English
hornsnake English
hornstone English
horntail English
hornwork English
hornwort English
hornwrack English
horny English
horseworm English
inchworm English
inkhorn English
jointworm English
leafworm English
longhorn English
lungworm English
maltworm English
mealworm English
mealworm beetle English
melodyhorn English
melonworm English
muckworm English
nanohorn English
nanoworm English
palmerworm English
palmworm English
pickleworm English
pileworm English
pillworm English
pinworm English
posthorn English
potworm English
powderhorn English
pronghorn English
raghorn English
ragworm English
rainworm English
ramshorn English
redworm English
ringworm English
rootworm English
roseworm English
roundworm English
rye-worm English
saddlehorn English
sandworm English
screwworm English
seatworm English
shipworm English
shoehorn English
shorthorn English
silkworm English
skin worm English
slugworm English
spanworm English
spindleworm English
spoonworm English
staghorn English
stinkhorn English
straighthorn English
strawworm English
superworm English
taintworm English
tapeworm English
threadworm English
thunderworm English
tinhorn English
tongueworm English
tree worm English
tubeworm English
war-horn English
waxworm English
webworm English
wheal-worm English
wheatworm English
whipworm English
whiteworm English
wireworm English
witworm English
woodworm English
worm English
wormable English
wormcast English
wormer English
wormery English
wormfish English
wormfowl English
wormgrass English
wormhole English
wormish English
wormless English
wormlet English
wormlike English
wormling English
wormlion English
wormly English
wormproof English
wormridden English
wormroot English
wormseed English
wormshit English
wormskin English
wormwood English
wormy English
yellowhorn English
worm Portuguese
ワーム Japanese
horn, horne Middle English
worm Middle English
هرن Gulf Arabic