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GENUS GALLERIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Galleria mean?
• GENUS GALLERIA (noun)
The noun GENUS GALLERIA has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Pyralidae
Familiarity information: GENUS GALLERIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Pyralidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Galleria; genus Galleria
Hypernyms ("genus Galleria" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Galleria"):
bee moth; Galleria mellonella; wax moth (moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs)
Holonyms ("genus Galleria" is a member of...):
family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)
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