CINNABAR MOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does cinnabar moth mean? 

• CINNABAR MOTH (noun)
  The noun CINNABAR MOTH has 1 sense:

1. large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CINNABAR MOTH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Callimorpha jacobeae; cinnabar; cinnabar moth

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

arctiid; arctiid moth (stout-bodied broad-winged moth with conspicuously striped or spotted wings; larvae are hairy caterpillars)

Holonyms ("cinnabar moth" is a member of...):

Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha (cinnabar moths)