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CASEMAKING CLOTHES MOTH

Dictionary entry overview: What does casemaking clothes moth mean?

• CASEMAKING CLOTHES MOTH (noun)
The noun CASEMAKING CLOTHES MOTH has 1 sense:

1. the larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins

Familiarity information: CASEMAKING CLOTHES MOTH used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CASEMAKING CLOTHES MOTH (noun)

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Meaning:

The larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

casemaking clothes moth; Tinea pellionella

Hypernyms ("casemaking clothes moth" is a kind of...):

clothes moth (any of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens)

Holonyms ("casemaking clothes moth" is a member of...):

genus Tinea; Tinea (type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths)

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