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ANTHONOMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthonomus mean? 

ANTHONOMUS (noun)
  The noun ANTHONOMUS has 1 sense:

1. weevils destructive of cultivated plantsplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


ANTHONOMUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Weevils destructive of cultivated plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Anthonomus"):

Anthonomus grandis; boll weevil (greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton)

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

Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)


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