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GELECHIA GOSSYPIELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small brown moth whose larvae bore into flowers and bolls of cotton
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Gelechia gossypiella" is a kind of...):
gelechiid; gelechiid moth (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)
Holonyms ("Gelechia gossypiella" is a member of...):
Gelechia; genus Gelechia (type genus of the Gelechiidae: pink bollworms)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Larvae of a gelechiid moth introduced from Asia; feeds on the seeds of cotton bolls
Synonyms:
Gelechia gossypiella; pink bollworm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Gelechia gossypiella" is a kind of...):
bollworm (any of various moth caterpillars that destroy cotton bolls)
Holonyms ("Gelechia gossypiella" is a member of...):
family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)
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