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ALMOND MOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does almond moth mean?
• ALMOND MOTH (noun)
The noun ALMOND MOTH has 1 sense:
1. a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin
Familiarity information: ALMOND MOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
almond moth; Cadra cautella; fig moth
Hypernyms ("almond moth" is a kind of...):
pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)
Holonyms ("almond moth" is a member of...):
Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)
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