'Codling moth' definitions:
Definition of 'codling moth'
From: WordNet
noun
A small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts [syn: codling moth, codlin moth, Carpocapsa pomonella]
Definition of 'Codling moth'
From: GCIDE
- 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 (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. [1913 Webster]