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CACAO MOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does cacao moth mean?
• CACAO MOTH (noun)
The noun CACAO MOTH has 1 sense:
1. small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products
Familiarity information: CACAO MOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small moth whose larvae feed on tobacco and other dried plant products
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
cacao moth; Ephestia elutella; tobacco moth
Hypernyms ("cacao moth" is a kind of...):
pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)
Holonyms ("cacao moth" is a member of...):
Ephestia; genus Ephestia (small moths whose larvae spin silken tunnels and feed on stored food products)
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