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GENUS CARPOCAPSA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Codling moths

Synonyms:

Carpocapsa; genus Carpocapsa

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Carpocapsa" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Carpocapsa"):

Carpocapsa pomonella; codlin moth; codling moth (a small grey moth whose larvae live in apples and English walnuts)

Holonyms ("genus Carpocapsa" is a member of...):

family Tortricidae; Tortricidae (leaf rollers and codling moths)

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