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LOXOSTEGE SIMILALIS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moth whose larvae are garden webworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Loxostege similalis" is a kind of...):

webworm moth (a variety of moth that spins a web in which it lives)

Holonyms ("Loxostege similalis" is a member of...):

genus Loxostege; Loxostege (garden webworms)

Sense 2

Meaning:

A variety of webworm

Synonyms:

garden webworm; Loxostege similalis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Loxostege similalis" is a kind of...):

webworm (several gregarious moth larvae that spin webs over foliage on which they feed)

Holonyms ("Loxostege similalis" is a member of...):

genus Loxostege; Loxostege (garden webworms)

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