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LUCILIA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Greenbottle flies

Synonyms:

genus Lucilia; Lucilia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Lucilia"):

greenbottle; greenbottle fly (blowfly with brilliant coppery green body)

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

Calliphoridae; family Calliphoridae (blowflies)

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