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horn⋅worm

[hawrn-wurm]
–noun
the larva of any of several hawk moths, having a hornlike process at the rear of the abdomen.

Origin:
1670–80, Americanism; horn + worm
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horn·worm   (hôrn'wûrm')   
n.  The larva of the hawk moth, having a hornlike posterior segment.
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