FIG MOTH

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A moth whose larvae feed on and mat together with webbing various stored products of vegetable origin

Synonyms:

almond moth; Cadra cautella; fig moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("fig moth" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("fig moth" is a member of...):

Cadra; genus Cadra (a genus of Pyralidae)

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