ANAGASTA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anagasta mean? 

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

1. moth whose larvae are flour moths

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANAGASTA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Moth whose larvae are flour moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anagasta; genus Anagasta

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Anagasta"):

Anagasta kuehniella; Mediterranean flour moth (small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour)

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

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