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GASTEROPHILUS

Pronunciation (US):

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies

Synonyms:

Gasterophilus; genus Gasterophilus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Gasterophilus"):

Gasterophilus intestinalis; horse botfly (parasitic chiefly on horses)

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

family Gasterophilidae; Gasterophilidae (horse botflies)

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