Found 2 items, similar to Codling moth.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: codling moth
codling moth
n : a small gray moth whose larvae live in apples and English
walnuts [syn:
codlin moth,
Carpocapsa pomonella]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Codling moth
Codlin
\Cod"lin\, Codling
\Cod"ling\, n. [Cf. AS. cod[ae]ppel a
quince.]
(a) An apple fit to stew or coddle.
(b) An immature apple.
[1913 Webster]
A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
[1913 Webster]
Codling moth (Zo["o]l.), 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.
[1913 Webster]