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GENUS SIMULIUM

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Meaning:

Type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies

Synonyms:

genus Simulium; Simulium

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Simulium"):

black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat (small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals)

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

family Simuliidae; Simuliidae (blackflies and sand flies)

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