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MAYETIOLA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A genus of Cecidomyidae

Synonyms:

genus Mayetiola; Mayetiola

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Mayetiola"):

Hessian fly; Mayetiola destructor (small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains)

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

Cecidomyidae; family Cecidomyidae (gall midges)

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