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GENUS BOMBUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bombus mean? 

GENUS BOMBUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS BOMBUS has 1 sense:

1. bumblebeesplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS BOMBUS used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS BOMBUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Bumblebees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombus; genus Bombus

Hypernyms ("genus Bombus" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Bombus"):

bumblebee; humblebee (robust hairy social bee of temperate regions)

Holonyms ("genus Bombus" is a member of...):

Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)


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