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SIMULIUM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies
Synonyms:
genus Simulium; Simulium
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Simulium" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Simulium"):
black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat (small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals)
Holonyms ("Simulium" is a member of...):
family Simuliidae; Simuliidae (blackflies and sand flies)
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