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ARILUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Reduviidae

Synonyms:

Arilus; genus Arilus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Arilus"):

Arilus cristatus; wheel bug (large predatory North American bug that sucks the blood of other insects)

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

family Reduviidae; Reduviidae (assassin bugs)

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