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ANAGASTA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anagasta mean?
• ANAGASTA (noun)
The noun ANAGASTA has 1 sense:
1. moth whose larvae are flour moths
Familiarity information: ANAGASTA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moth whose larvae are flour moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anagasta; genus Anagasta
Hypernyms ("Anagasta" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Anagasta"):
Anagasta kuehniella; Mediterranean flour moth (small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour)
Holonyms ("Anagasta" is a member of...):
family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)
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