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ALSOPHILA POMETARIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does Alsophila pometaria mean?

• ALSOPHILA POMETARIA (noun)
The noun ALSOPHILA POMETARIA has 1 sense:

1. North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms

Familiarity information: ALSOPHILA POMETARIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• ALSOPHILA POMETARIA (noun)

Sense 1

Alsophila pometaria ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Alsophila pometaria" is a kind of...):

geometrid; geometrid moth (slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms)

Holonyms ("Alsophila pometaria" is a member of...):

Alsophila; genus Alsophila (geometrid moths)

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