HyperDic: tinea_pellionella

English > 1 sense of the expression Tinea pellionella:
NOUNanimalTinea pellionella, casemaking clothes moththe larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins / spins
English > Tinea pellionella: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningThe larvae live in tubes of its food material fastened with silk that it spins / spins.
Synonymcasemaking clothes moth
Member ofTinea, genus Tineatype genus of the Tineidae
Broaderclothes mothAny of several small yellowish or buff-colored moths whose larvae eat organic matter e.g. woolens

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