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GENUS LOXOSTEGE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Loxostege mean?
• GENUS LOXOSTEGE (noun)
The noun GENUS LOXOSTEGE has 1 sense:
1. garden webworms
Familiarity information: GENUS LOXOSTEGE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Garden webworms
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Loxostege; Loxostege
Hypernyms ("genus Loxostege" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Loxostege"):
Loxostege similalis (moth whose larvae are garden webworms)
garden webworm; Loxostege similalis (a variety of webworm)
Holonyms ("genus Loxostege" is a member of...):
family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)
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