FAMILY BRUCHIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Seed beetles

Synonyms:

Bruchidae; family Bruchidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Bruchidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Bruchidae"):

seed beetle; seed weevil (a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes)

Bruchus; genus Bruchus (type genus of the Bruchidae)

Acanthoscelides; genus Acanthoscelides; genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus (a genus of Bruchidae)

Holonyms ("family Bruchidae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)