GENUS CADRA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Cadra mean? 

• GENUS CADRA (noun)
  The noun GENUS CADRA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Pyralidae

  Familiarity information: GENUS CADRA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CADRA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Pyralidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cadra; genus Cadra

Hypernyms ("genus Cadra" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cadra"):

almond moth; Cadra cautella; fig moth (a moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin)

Cadra figulilella; raisin moth (moth whose larvae attack dried fruits and cereal products)

Holonyms ("genus Cadra" is a member of...):

family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)