genus tinea

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   type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths

   SynonymsTinea

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofTineidae

Questions about genus tinea

What does genus tinea mean?

genus tinea means "type genus of the Tineidae: clothes moths".

What is another word for genus tinea?

Close synonyms include Tinea. 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 tinea a common word?

genus tinea 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.