GENUS ACHERONTIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Acherontia mean? 

• GENUS ACHERONTIA (noun)
  The noun GENUS ACHERONTIA has 1 sense:

1. death's-head moth

  Familiarity information: GENUS ACHERONTIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ACHERONTIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Death's-head moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Acherontia; genus Acherontia

Hypernyms ("genus Acherontia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Acherontia"):

Acherontia atropos; death's-head moth (European hawkmoth with markings on the back resembling a human skull)

Holonyms ("genus Acherontia" is a member of...):

family Sphingidae; Sphingidae (hawkmoths)