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PROCIPHILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Prociphilus mean?
• PROCIPHILUS (noun)
The noun PROCIPHILUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Aphididae
Familiarity information: PROCIPHILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Aphididae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Prociphilus; Prociphilus
Hypernyms ("Prociphilus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Prociphilus"):
Prociphilus tessellatus; woolly alder aphid (attacks alders)
Holonyms ("Prociphilus" is a member of...):
Aphididae; family Aphididae (small soft-bodied plant lice)
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