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Carpocapsa

noun

codling moths

• Syn: ↑genus Carpocapsa

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Tortricidae, ↑family Tortricidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑codling moth, ↑codlin moth, ↑Carpocapsa pomonella

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈkapsə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from carp- (I) + -capsa (modification of Greek kapsis act of gulping down, from kaptein to gulp down) — more at capsidae

: a genus of moths (family Tortricidae) including the codling moth

Useful english dictionary. 2012.