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GENUS RHAGOLETIS

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Meaning:

A genus of Trypetidae

Synonyms:

genus Rhagoletis; Rhagoletis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Rhagoletis"):

apple maggot; railroad worm; Rhagoletis pomonella (larvae bore into and feed on apples)

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

family Trephritidae; family Trypetidae; Trephritidae; Trypetidae (fruit flies; some leaf miners)

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