GELECHIA GOSSYPIELLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gelechia gossypiella mean? 

• GELECHIA GOSSYPIELLA (noun)
  The noun GELECHIA GOSSYPIELLA has 2 senses:

1. larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls

2. small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton

  Familiarity information: GELECHIA GOSSYPIELLA used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GELECHIA GOSSYPIELLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gelechia gossypiella; pink bollworm

Hypernyms ("Gelechia gossypiella" is a kind of...):

bollworm (any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls)

Holonyms ("Gelechia gossypiella" is a member of...):

family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Gelechia gossypiella" is a kind of...):

gelechiid; gelechiid moth (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)

Holonyms ("Gelechia gossypiella" is a member of...):

Gelechia; genus Gelechia (type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms)