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GENUS CHORIZAGROTIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Chorizagrotis mean? 

GENUS CHORIZAGROTIS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CHORIZAGROTIS has 1 sense:

1. moths whose larvae are army cutwormsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS CHORIZAGROTIS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Moths whose larvae are army cutworms

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chorizagrotis; genus Chorizagrotis

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Chorizagrotis"):

army cutworm; Chorizagrotis auxiliaris (larvae (of a noctuid moth) that travel in large groups and destroy grains and alfalfa in the midwestern states)

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

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)


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