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GENUS XYLOCOPA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Xylocopa mean?
• GENUS XYLOCOPA (noun)
The noun GENUS XYLOCOPA has 1 sense:
1. carpenter bees
Familiarity information: GENUS XYLOCOPA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carpenter bees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Xylocopa; Xylocopa
Hypernyms ("genus Xylocopa" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Xylocopa"):
carpenter bee (large solitary bee that lays eggs in tunnels bored into wood or plant stems)
Holonyms ("genus Xylocopa" is a member of...):
Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)
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