Akademik

Tineola

noun

webbing clothes moths

• Syn: ↑genus Tineola

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tineidae, ↑family Tineidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑webbing clothes moth, ↑webbing moth, ↑Tineola bisselliella

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\\tə̇ˈnēələ, ˌtinēˈōlə\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Late Latin, small worm, small moth, diminutive of Latin tinea

1. capitalized : a genus of clothes moths including the webbing clothes moth

2. -s : any moth of the genus Tineola; especially : webbing clothes moth

Useful english dictionary. 2012.