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    FAMILY PYRALIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Bee moths; corn borers; flour mothsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Pyralidae"):

    pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)

    genus Pyralis; Pyralis (type genus of the Pyralidae)

    Galleria; genus Galleria (a genus of Pyralidae)

    genus Pyrausta; Pyrausta (moths whose larvae are corn borers)

    Anagasta; genus Anagasta (moth whose larvae are flour moths)

    Ephestia; genus Ephestia (small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products)

    Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)

    corn borer; Pyrausta nubilalis (larva of the European corn borer moth; a serious pest of maize)

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

    Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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