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GALLERIA

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Meaning:

A genus of Pyralidae

Synonyms:

Galleria; genus Galleria

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Galleria"):

bee moth; Galleria mellonella; wax moth (moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs)

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

family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)

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