ARCTIID

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does arctiid mean? 

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

1. stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• ARCTIID (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

arctiid; arctiid moth

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

moth (typically crepuscular or nocturnal insect having a stout body and feathery or hairlike antennae)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arctiid"):

tiger moth (medium-sized moth with long richly colored and intricately patterned wings; larvae are called woolly bears)

Callimorpha jacobeae; cinnabar; cinnabar moth (large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort)

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

Arctiidae; family Arctiidae (tiger moths)