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GENUS CETONIA

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Meaning:

A genus of Cetoniidae

Synonyms:

Cetonia; genus Cetonia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Cetonia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Cetonia"):

Cetonia aurata; rose beetle; rose chafer (a common metallic green European beetle: larvae feed on plant roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. roses)

Holonyms ("genus Cetonia" is a member of...):

Cetoniidae; subfamily Cetoniidae (considered a separate family in some classification systems)

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