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FIG MOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does fig moth mean?
• FIG MOTH (noun)
The noun FIG MOTH has 1 sense:
1. a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin
Familiarity information: FIG 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 ("fig moth" is a kind of...):
pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)
Holonyms ("fig moth" is a member of...):
Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)
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