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GENUS APHROPHORA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Aphrophora mean? 

GENUS APHROPHORA (noun)
  The noun GENUS APHROPHORA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Cercopidaeplay

  Familiarity information: GENUS APHROPHORA used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS APHROPHORA (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Cercopidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aphrophora; genus Aphrophora

Hypernyms ("genus Aphrophora" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Aphrophora"):

pine spittlebug (North American insect that attacks pines)

Aphrophora saratogensis; Saratoga spittlebug (feeds on pines in northern United States)

Holonyms ("genus Aphrophora" is a member of...):

Cercopidae; family Cercopidae (froghoppers or spittlebugs)


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