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ADELGES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Adelges mean? 

ADELGES (noun)
  The noun ADELGES has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Adelgidae: plant liceplay

  Familiarity information: ADELGES used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADELGES (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Adelges; genus Adelges

Hypernyms ("Adelges" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Adelges"):

Adelges piceae; balsam woolly aphid; Adelges abietis; spruce gall aphid (a variety of adelgid)

Holonyms ("Adelges" is a member of...):

Adelgidae; family Adelgidae (plant lice)


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