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MONOCHAMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Monochamus mean?
• MONOCHAMUS (noun)
The noun MONOCHAMUS has 1 sense:
1. sawyer beetles
Familiarity information: MONOCHAMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sawyer beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Monochamus; Monochamus
Hypernyms ("Monochamus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Monochamus"):
sawyer; sawyer beetle (any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers)
pine sawyer (large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees)
Holonyms ("Monochamus" is a member of...):
Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
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