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ARILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Arilus mean?
• ARILUS (noun)
The noun ARILUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Reduviidae
Familiarity information: ARILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Reduviidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Arilus; genus Arilus
Hypernyms ("Arilus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Arilus"):
Arilus cristatus; wheel bug (large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects)
Holonyms ("Arilus" is a member of...):
family Reduviidae; Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
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