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GALLERIA MELLONELLA
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Moth whose larvae live in and feed on bee honeycombs
Synonyms:
bee moth; Galleria mellonella; wax moth
Classified under:
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)