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    GENUS PYRAUSTA

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Moths whose larvae are corn borersplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Pyrausta; Pyrausta

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

    Hypernyms ("genus Pyrausta" is a kind of...):

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Pyrausta"):

    corn borer; corn borer moth; European corn borer moth; Pyrausta nubilalis (native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants)

    Holonyms ("genus Pyrausta" is a member of...):

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

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