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    GELECHIID MOTH

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pestsplay

    Synonyms:

    gelechiid; gelechiid moth

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("gelechiid moth" is a kind of...):

    moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "gelechiid moth"):

    Gelechia gossypiella (small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton)

    grain moth (moth whose larvae feed on grain)

    Phthorimaea operculella; potato moth; potato tuber moth; splitworm (greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm)

    Holonyms ("gelechiid moth" is a member of...):

    family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)

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