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ERIOSOMA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Woolly aphids

Synonyms:

Eriosoma; genus Eriosoma

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Eriosoma"):

American blight; Eriosoma lanigerum; woolly apple aphid (primarily a bark feeder on aerial parts and roots of apple and other trees)

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

Aphididae; family Aphididae (small soft-bodied plant lice)

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