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PHTHORIMAEA OPERCULELLA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greyish-brown moth whose larva is the potato tuberworm
Synonyms:
Phthorimaea operculella; potato moth; potato tuber moth; splitworm
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phthorimaea operculella" is a kind of...):
gelechiid; gelechiid moth (small slender-winged moths whose larvae are agricultural pests)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Larva of potato moth; mines in leaves and stems of e.g. potatoes and tobacco
Synonyms:
Phthorimaea operculella; potato tuberworm
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("Phthorimaea operculella" is a kind of...):
caterpillar (a wormlike and often brightly colored and hairy or spiny larva of a butterfly or moth)
Holonyms ("Phthorimaea operculella" is a member of...):
genus Phthorimaea; Phthorimaea (potato moths)
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