EUPROCTIS CHRYSORRHOEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Euproctis chrysorrhoea mean? 

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

1. white furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft

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

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• EUPROCTIS CHRYSORRHOEA (noun)

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Meaning:

White furry-bodied European moth with a yellow tail tuft

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Euproctis chrysorrhoea; gold-tail moth

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

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

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

Euproctis; genus Euproctis (a genus of Lymantriidae)