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GENUS FORFICULA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Forficula mean?
• GENUS FORFICULA (noun)
The noun GENUS FORFICULA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of Forficulidae
Familiarity information: GENUS FORFICULA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of Forficulidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Forficula; genus Forficula
Hypernyms ("genus Forficula" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Forficula"):
common European earwig; Forficula auricularia (sometimes destructive to cultivated bulbs)
Holonyms ("genus Forficula" is a member of...):
family Forficulidae; Forficulidae (typical earwigs)
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