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GENUS MELOLONTHA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Melolonthidae
Synonyms:
genus Melolontha; Melolontha
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("genus Melolontha" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Melolontha"):
cockchafer; May beetle; May bug; Melolontha melolontha (any of various large European beetles destructive to vegetation as both larvae and adult)
Holonyms ("genus Melolontha" is a member of...):
Melolonthidae; subfamily Melolonthidae (considered a separate family in some classification systems)
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