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GENUS CARPOCAPSA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Carpocapsa mean?
• GENUS CARPOCAPSA (noun)
The noun GENUS CARPOCAPSA has 1 sense:
1. codling moths
Familiarity information: GENUS CARPOCAPSA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Codling moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Carpocapsa; genus Carpocapsa
Hypernyms ("genus Carpocapsa" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Carpocapsa"):
Carpocapsa pomonella; codlin moth; codling moth (a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts)
Holonyms ("genus Carpocapsa" is a member of...):
family Tortricidae; Tortricidae (leaf rollers and codling moths)
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