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GENUS ANTHONOMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anthonomus mean?
• GENUS ANTHONOMUS (noun)
The noun GENUS ANTHONOMUS has 1 sense:
1. weevils destructive of cultivated plants
Familiarity information: GENUS ANTHONOMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weevils destructive of cultivated plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus
Hypernyms ("genus Anthonomus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Anthonomus"):
Anthonomus grandis; boll weevil (greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton)
Holonyms ("genus Anthonomus" is a member of...):
Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)
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