GENUS ALSOPHILA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Alsophila mean? 

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

1. geometrid moths

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ALSOPHILA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Geometrid moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Alsophila; genus Alsophila

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus 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 ("genus Alsophila" is a member of...):

family Geometridae; Geometridae (measuring worms)