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GENUS ANTHONOMUS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weevils destructive of cultivated plants
Synonyms:
Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Anthonomus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Anthonomus"):
Anthonomus grandis; boll weevil (greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton)
Holonyms ("genus Anthonomus" is a member of...):
Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)
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