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GELECHIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gelechia mean? 

GELECHIA (noun)
  The noun GELECHIA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollwormsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GELECHIA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Gelechia; genus Gelechia

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Gelechia"):

Gelechia gossypiella (small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton)

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

family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)


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