GENUS VEDALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Vedalia mean? 

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

1. genus of Australian ladybugs

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS VEDALIA (noun)

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Meaning:

Genus of Australian ladybugs

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Rodolia; genus Vedalia; Rodolia

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Vedalia"):

Rodolia cardinalis; vedalia (native to Australia; introduced elsewhere to control scale insects)

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

Coccinellidae; family Coccinellidae (the ladybugs)