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GENUS CALOSOMA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Calosoma mean?
• GENUS CALOSOMA (noun)
The noun GENUS CALOSOMA has 1 sense:
1. genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars
Familiarity information: GENUS CALOSOMA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of large predaceous ground beetles that feed on injurious caterpillars
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Calosoma" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Calosoma"):
calosoma (any beetle of the genus Calosoma)
Holonyms ("genus Calosoma" is a member of...):
Carabidae; family Carabidae (ground beetles)
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