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CALLIMORPHA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Cinnabar moths

Synonyms:

Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Callimorpha"):

Callimorpha jacobeae; cinnabar; cinnabar moth (large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort)

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

Arctiidae; family Arctiidae (tiger moths)

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