GENUS CORYDALUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Corydalus mean? 

• GENUS CORYDALUS (noun)
  The noun GENUS CORYDALUS has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Corydalidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS CORYDALUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Corydalidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Corydalis; Corydalus; genus Corydalis; genus Corydalus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Corydalus"):

Corydalus cornutus; dobson; dobson fly; dobsonfly (large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait)

dobson; hellgrammiate (large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait)

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

Corydalidae; family Corydalidae (dobsons)