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GENUS LUCILIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Lucilia mean?
• GENUS LUCILIA (noun)
The noun GENUS LUCILIA has 1 sense:
1. greenbottle flies
Familiarity information: GENUS LUCILIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Greenbottle flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Lucilia; Lucilia
Hypernyms ("genus Lucilia" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Lucilia"):
greenbottle; greenbottle fly (blowfly with brilliant coppery green body)
Holonyms ("genus Lucilia" is a member of...):
Calliphoridae; family Calliphoridae (blowflies)
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