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GENUS GASTEROPHILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Gasterophilus mean?
• GENUS GASTEROPHILUS (noun)
The noun GENUS GASTEROPHILUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies
Familiarity information: GENUS GASTEROPHILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Gasterophilus; genus Gasterophilus
Hypernyms ("genus Gasterophilus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Gasterophilus"):
Gasterophilus intestinalis; horse botfly (parasitic chiefly on horses)
Holonyms ("genus Gasterophilus" is a member of...):
family Gasterophilidae; Gasterophilidae (horse botflies)
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