SIMULIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Simulium mean? 

• SIMULIUM (noun)
  The noun SIMULIUM has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMULIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Simulium; Simulium

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Simulium"):

black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat (small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals)

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

family Simuliidae; Simuliidae (blackflies and sand flies)