ALSOPHILA POMETARIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Alsophila pometaria mean? 

• ALSOPHILA POMETARIA (noun)
  The noun ALSOPHILA POMETARIA has 1 sense:

1. North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms

  Familiarity information: ALSOPHILA POMETARIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ALSOPHILA POMETARIA (noun)

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Meaning:

North American moth with grey-winged males and wingless females; larvae are fall cankerworms

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Alsophila pometaria" is a kind of...):

geometrid; geometrid moth (slender-bodied broad-winged moth whose larvae are called measuring worms)

Holonyms ("Alsophila pometaria" is a member of...):

Alsophila; genus Alsophila (geometrid moths)