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    GENUS ANTHONOMUS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Weevils destructive of cultivated plantsplay

    Synonyms:

    Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Anthonomus"):

    Anthonomus grandis; boll weevil (greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton)

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

    Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)

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