TINEIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tineidae mean? 

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

1. clothes moths

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TINEIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Clothes moths

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Tineidae; Tineidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Tineidae"):

tineid; tineid moth (small yellowish moths whose larvae feed on wool or fur)

genus Tinea; Tinea (type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths)

genus Tineola; Tineola (webbing clothes moths)

genus Trichophaga; Trichophaga (carpet moths)

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

superfamily Tineoidea; Tineoidea (clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners)