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    FAMILY GELECHIIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Important economic pestsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("family Gelechiidae" is a kind of...):

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Gelechiidae"):

    gelechiid; gelechiid moth (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)

    Gelechia; genus Gelechia (type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms)

    genus Sitotroga; Sitotroga (grain moths)

    genus Phthorimaea; Phthorimaea (potato moths)

    Gelechia gossypiella; pink bollworm (larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls)

    Holonyms ("family Gelechiidae" is a member of...):

    Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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