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GENUS CALLIMORPHA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Callimorpha mean?
• GENUS CALLIMORPHA (noun)
The noun GENUS CALLIMORPHA has 1 sense:
1. cinnabar moths
Familiarity information: GENUS CALLIMORPHA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cinnabar moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Callimorpha; genus Callimorpha
Hypernyms ("genus Callimorpha" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Callimorpha"):
Callimorpha jacobeae; cinnabar; cinnabar moth (large red-and-black European moth; larvae feed on leaves of ragwort; introduced into United States to control ragwort)
Holonyms ("genus Callimorpha" is a member of...):
Arctiidae; family Arctiidae (tiger moths)
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