genus lymantria

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

   SynonymsLymantria

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofLymantriidae

Questions about genus lymantria

What does genus lymantria mean?

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

What is another word for genus lymantria?

Close synonyms include Lymantria. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus lymantria a common word?

genus lymantria is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.