GENUS VEDALIA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Genus of Australian ladybugs

Synonyms:

genus Rodolia; genus Vedalia; Rodolia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)