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ANTHIDIUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthidium mean?
• ANTHIDIUM (noun)
The noun ANTHIDIUM has 1 sense:
1. potter bees
Familiarity information: ANTHIDIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Potter bees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anthidium; genus Anthidium
Hypernyms ("Anthidium" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Anthidium"):
potter bee (solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant)
Holonyms ("Anthidium" is a member of...):
family Megachilidae; Megachilidae (leaf-cutting and mason bees)
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