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GENUS COCCUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Coccus mean?
• GENUS COCCUS (noun)
The noun GENUS COCCUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Coccidae
Familiarity information: GENUS COCCUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Coccidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Coccus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Coccus"):
brown soft scale; Coccus hesperidum (pest on citrus trees)
Holonyms ("genus Coccus" is a member of...):
Coccidae; family Coccidae (scale insects)
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