GENUS MONOCHAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Monochamus mean? 

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

1. sawyer beetles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS MONOCHAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sawyer beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Monochamus; Monochamus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Monochamus"):

sawyer; sawyer beetle (any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers)

pine sawyer (large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees)

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

Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)