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ALSOPHILA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Alsophila mean?
• ALSOPHILA (noun)
The noun ALSOPHILA has 1 sense:
1. geometrid moths
Familiarity information: ALSOPHILA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Geometrid moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Alsophila; genus Alsophila
Hypernyms ("Alsophila" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Alsophila"):
Alsophila pometaria (North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms)
fall cankerworm (green or brown white-striped looper; larva of Alsophila pometaria)
Holonyms ("Alsophila" is a member of...):
family Geometridae; Geometridae (measuring worms)
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