codling moth

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

codling moth
    n 1: a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English
         walnuts [syn: {codling moth}, {codlin moth}, {Carpocapsa
         pomonella}]

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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.
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             A codling when 't is almost an apple. --Shak.
       [1913 Webster]

   {Codling moth} (Zool.), 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.
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