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Lymantria

noun

type genus of the Lymantriidae; a pest (Lymantria means `destroyer')

• Syn: ↑genus Lymantria

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Lymantriidae, ↑family Lymantriidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑gypsy moth, ↑gipsy moth, ↑Lymantria dispar

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\\līˈman.trēə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek lymantēr destroyer + New Latin -ia

: the type genus of Lymantriidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.