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GENUS EPHESTIA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Ephestia mean?

• GENUS EPHESTIA (noun)
The noun GENUS EPHESTIA has 1 sense:

1. small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products

Familiarity information: GENUS EPHESTIA used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS EPHESTIA (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ephestia; genus Ephestia

Hypernyms ("genus Ephestia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Ephestia"):

cacao moth; Ephestia elutella; tobacco moth (small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products)

Holonyms ("genus Ephestia" is a member of...):

family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)

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