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    FAMILY TORTRICIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Leaf rollers and codling mothsplay

    Synonyms:

    family Tortricidae; Tortricidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Tortricidae"):

    tortricid; tortricid moth (any of numerous small moths having lightly fringed wings; larvae are leaf rollers or live in fruits and galls)

    genus Tortrix (type genus of the Tortricidae)

    genus Homona; Homona (tea tortrix)

    Argyrotaenia; genus Argyrotaenia (orange tortrix)

    Carpocapsa; genus Carpocapsa (codling moths)

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

    Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)

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