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LYMANTRIIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Synonyms:
family Lymantriidae; Lymantriidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Lymantriidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Lymantriidae"):
lymantriid; tussock moth (dull-colored moth whose larvae have tufts of hair on the body and feed on the leaves of many deciduous trees)
tussock caterpillar (larva of a tussock moth)
genus Lymantria; Lymantria (type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means 'destroyer'))
Euproctis; genus Euproctis (a genus of Lymantriidae)
Holonyms ("Lymantriidae" is a member of...):
Lepidoptera; order Lepidoptera (moths and butterflies)