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RAISIN MOTH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does raisin moth mean?
• RAISIN MOTH (noun)
The noun RAISIN MOTH has 1 sense:
1. moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products
Familiarity information: RAISIN MOTH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cadra figulilella; raisin moth
Hypernyms ("raisin moth" is a kind of...):
pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)
Holonyms ("raisin moth" is a member of...):
Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)
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