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ANTHONOMUS

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Weevils destructive of cultivated plants

Synonyms:

Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Anthonomus"):

Anthonomus grandis; boll weevil (greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton)

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

Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)

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