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    TORTRIX

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plantsplay

    Synonyms:

    Homona coffearia; tea tortrix; tortrix

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

    genus Tortrix (type genus of the Tortricidae)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    California moth whose larvae live in especially orangesplay

    Synonyms:

    Argyrotaenia citrana; orange tortrix; tortrix

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

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

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

    genus Tortrix (type genus of the Tortricidae)

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