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FAMILY ARCTIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Arctiidae mean?
• FAMILY ARCTIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ARCTIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. tiger moths
Familiarity information: FAMILY ARCTIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tiger moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arctiidae; family Arctiidae
Hypernyms ("family Arctiidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Arctiidae"):
arctiid; arctiid moth (stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars)
Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha (cinnabar moths)
woolly bear moth (larva of moth of the family Arctiidae)
Holonyms ("family Arctiidae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)
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