PYRAUSTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Pyrausta mean? 

• PYRAUSTA (noun)
  The noun PYRAUSTA has 1 sense:

1. moths whose larvae are corn borers

  Familiarity information: PYRAUSTA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PYRAUSTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moths whose larvae are corn borers

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Pyrausta; Pyrausta

Hypernyms ("Pyrausta" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Pyrausta"):

corn borer; corn borer moth; European corn borer moth; Pyrausta nubilalis (native to Europe; in America the larvae bore into the stem and crown of corn and other plants)

Holonyms ("Pyrausta" is a member of...):

family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)