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GENUS TRICHOPHAGA

Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Trichophaga mean?

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

1. carpet moths

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

Dictionary entry details

• GENUS TRICHOPHAGA (noun)

Sense 1

genus Trichophaga ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Carpet moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Trichophaga; Trichophaga

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Trichophaga"):

carpet moth; tapestry moth; Trichophaga tapetzella (larvae feed on carpets and other woolens)

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

family Tineidae; Tineidae (clothes moths)

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