GENUS TORTRIX

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tortrix mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Tortricidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TORTRIX (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Tortricidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tortrix"):

Homona coffearia; tea tortrix; tortrix (small Indian moth infesting e.g. tea and coffee plants)

Argyrotaenia citrana; orange tortrix; tortrix (California moth whose larvae live in especially oranges)

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

family Tortricidae; Tortricidae (leaf rollers and codling moths)