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MACRODACTYLUS

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Meaning:

A genus of Melolonthidae

Synonyms:

genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Macrodactylus"):

Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose bug; rose chafer (common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines)

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

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

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