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TIBICEN
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tibicen mean?
• TIBICEN (noun)
The noun TIBICEN has 1 sense:
1. harvest flies
Familiarity information: TIBICEN used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Harvest flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Tibicen; Tibicen
Hypernyms ("Tibicen" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Tibicen"):
dog-day cicada; harvest fly (its distinctive song is heard during July and August)
Holonyms ("Tibicen" is a member of...):
Cicadidae; family Cicadidae (cicadas)
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