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PHYLLOXERA
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Irregular inflected form: phylloxerae
I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Phylloxeridae: plant lice
Synonyms:
genus Phylloxera; Phylloxera
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Phylloxera" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Phylloxera"):
grape louse; grape phylloxera; Phylloxera vitifoleae (destructive to various grape plants)
Holonyms ("Phylloxera" is a member of...):
family Phylloxeridae; Phylloxeridae (plant lice)