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ADELGES

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice

Synonyms:

Adelges; genus Adelges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Adelges" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Adelges"):

Adelges piceae; balsam woolly aphid; Adelges abietis; spruce gall aphid (a variety of adelgid)

Holonyms ("Adelges" is a member of...):

Adelgidae; family Adelgidae (plant lice)

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