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CALLIMORPHA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Callimorpha mean? 

CALLIMORPHA (noun)
  The noun CALLIMORPHA has 1 sense:

1. cinnabar mothsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


CALLIMORPHA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Cinnabar moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Callimorpha"):

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 ("Callimorpha" is a member of...):

Arctiidae; family Arctiidae (tiger moths)


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