codlin : Idioms & Phrases


codlin moth

  • noun a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts
    codlin moth; Carpocapsa pomonella.
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Codling moth

  • noun a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts
    codlin moth; Carpocapsa pomonella.
WordNet
  • (Zoöl.), a small moth (Carpocapsa Pomonella), which in the larval state (known as the apple worm) lives in apples, often doing great damage to the crop.
Webster 1913