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ARCTIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Tiger moths

Synonyms:

Arctiidae; family Arctiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Arctiidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Arctiidae"):

arctiid; arctiid moth (stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars)

Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha (cinnabar moths)

woolly bear moth (larva of moth of the family Arctiidae)

Holonyms ("Arctiidae" is a member of...):

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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