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GENUS PYROPHORUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Pyrophorus mean?
• GENUS PYROPHORUS (noun)
The noun GENUS PYROPHORUS has 1 sense:
1. tropical click beetles
Familiarity information: GENUS PYROPHORUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical click beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Pyrophorus; Pyrophorus
Hypernyms ("genus Pyrophorus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Pyrophorus"):
fire beetle; firefly; Pyrophorus noctiluca (tropical American click beetle having bright luminous spots)
Holonyms ("genus Pyrophorus" is a member of...):
Elateridae; family Elateridae (click beetles and certain fireflies)
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