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SITOTROGA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Grain moths

Synonyms:

genus Sitotroga; Sitotroga

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sitotroga"):

angoumois grain moth; angoumois moth; Sitotroga cerealella (small moth whose larvae feed on kernels of stored grains)

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

family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)

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