MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mediterranean flour moth mean? 

• MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH (noun)
  The noun MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH has 1 sense:

1. small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour

  Familiarity information: MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MEDITERRANEAN FLOUR MOTH (noun)

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Meaning:

Small moth whose larvae damage stored grain and flour

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anagasta kuehniella; Mediterranean flour moth

Hypernyms ("Mediterranean flour moth" is a kind of...):

pyralid; pyralid moth (usually tropical slender-bodied long-legged moth whose larvae are crop pests)

Holonyms ("Mediterranean flour moth" is a member of...):

Anagasta; genus Anagasta (moth whose larvae are flour moths)