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GENUS HELIOTHIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Heliothis mean?
• GENUS HELIOTHIS (noun)
The noun GENUS HELIOTHIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Noctuidae
Familiarity information: GENUS HELIOTHIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Noctuidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Heliothis; Heliothis
Hypernyms ("genus Heliothis" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Heliothis"):
heliothis moth; Heliothis zia (medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms)
Holonyms ("genus Heliothis" is a member of...):
family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)
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