GENUS ERIOSOMA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Eriosoma mean? 

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

1. woolly aphids

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ERIOSOMA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Woolly aphids

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Eriosoma; genus Eriosoma

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Eriosoma"):

American blight; Eriosoma lanigerum; woolly apple aphid (primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees)

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

Aphididae; family Aphididae (small soft-bodied plant lice)