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GENUS PALEACRITA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Paleacrita mean?
• GENUS PALEACRITA (noun)
The noun GENUS PALEACRITA has 1 sense:
1. geometrid moths
Familiarity information: GENUS PALEACRITA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Geometrid moths
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Paleacrita; Paleacrita
Hypernyms ("genus Paleacrita" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Paleacrita"):
Paleacrita vernata (moth whose larvae are spring cankerworms)
spring cankerworm (variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata)
Holonyms ("genus Paleacrita" is a member of...):
family Geometridae; Geometridae (measuring worms)
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