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Alsophila

noun

geometrid moths

• Syn: ↑genus Alsophila

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Geometridae, ↑family Geometridae

• Member Meronyms: ↑Alsophila pometaria, ↑fall cankerworm

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\\alˈsäfələ\ noun

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek alsos grove + New Latin -phila; akin to Greek aldēskein to grow — more at old

1. capitalized : a large genus of tree ferns (family Cyatheaceae) found in tropical mountainous regions having ample finely divided fronds bearing naked sori

2. -s : a fern of the genus Alsophila

3. capitalized : a genus of geometrid moths having wingless females and green-striped larvae that are loopers and include the common destructive fall cankerworm

Useful english dictionary. 2012.