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PALEACRITA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Geometrid moths

Synonyms:

genus Paleacrita; Paleacrita

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Paleacrita" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Paleacrita"):

Paleacrita vernata (moth whose larvae are spring cankerworms)

spring cankerworm (variably colored looper; larva of Paleacrita vernata)

Holonyms ("Paleacrita" is a member of...):

family Geometridae; Geometridae (measuring worms)

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