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GRAIN MOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does grain moth mean? 

GRAIN MOTH (noun)
  The noun GRAIN MOTH has 1 sense:

1. moth whose larvae feed on grainplay

  Familiarity information: GRAIN MOTH used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GRAIN MOTH (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Moth whose larvae feed on grain

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("grain moth" is a kind of...):

gelechiid; gelechiid moth (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)

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

angoumois grain moth; angoumois moth; Sitotroga cerealella (small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains)


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