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GENUS RHAGOLETIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Rhagoletis mean?
• GENUS RHAGOLETIS (noun)
The noun GENUS RHAGOLETIS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Trypetidae
Familiarity information: GENUS RHAGOLETIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Trypetidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Rhagoletis; Rhagoletis
Hypernyms ("genus Rhagoletis" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Rhagoletis"):
apple maggot; railroad worm; Rhagoletis pomonella (larvae bore into and feed on apples)
Holonyms ("genus Rhagoletis" is a member of...):
family Trephritidae; family Trypetidae; Trephritidae; Trypetidae (fruit flies; some leaf miners)
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