GALLERIA MELLONELLA

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Meaning:

Moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs

Synonyms:

bee moth; Galleria mellonella; wax moth

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Galleria mellonella" is a kind of...):

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

Holonyms ("Galleria mellonella" is a member of...):

Galleria; genus Galleria (a genus of Pyralidae)

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