EUPROCTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euproctis mean? 

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

1. a genus of Lymantriidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• EUPROCTIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Lymantriidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Euproctis; genus Euproctis

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Euproctis"):

brown-tail moth; browntail; Euproctis phaeorrhoea (small brown and white European moth introduced into eastern United States; pest of various shade and fruit trees)

Euproctis chrysorrhoea; gold-tail moth (white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft)

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

family Lymantriidae; Lymantriidae (tussock moths)