GENUS MACRODACTYLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Macrodactylus mean? 

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

1. a genus of Melolonthidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MACRODACTYLUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Melolonthidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Macrodactylus"):

Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose bug; rose chafer (common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines)

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

Melolonthidae; subfamily Melolonthidae (considered a separate family in some classification systems)