LYMANTRIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Lymantriidae mean? 

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

1. tussock moths

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• LYMANTRIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Tussock moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Lymantriidae; Lymantriidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Lymantriidae"):

lymantriid; tussock moth (dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees)

tussock caterpillar (larva of a tussock moth)

genus Lymantria; Lymantria (type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means 'destroyer'))

Euproctis; genus Euproctis (a genus of Lymantriidae)

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

Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)