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HELIOTHIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Noctuidae

Synonyms:

genus Heliothis; Heliothis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)

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