HELIOTHIS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Heliothis mean? 

• HELIOTHIS (noun)
  The noun HELIOTHIS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Noctuidae

  Familiarity information: HELIOTHIS used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HELIOTHIS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Noctuidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Heliothis; Heliothis

Hypernyms ("Heliothis" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Heliothis"):

heliothis moth; Heliothis zia (medium-sized moth whose larvae are corn earworms)

Holonyms ("Heliothis" is a member of...):

family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)