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    GENUS CERATITIS

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Mediterranean fruit fliesplay

    Synonyms:

    Ceratitis; genus Ceratitis

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "genus Ceratitis"):

    Ceratitis capitata; medfly; Mediterranean fruit fly (small black-and-white fly that damages citrus and other fruits by implanting eggs that hatch inside the fruit)

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

    family Trephritidae; family Trypetidae; Trephritidae; Trypetidae (fruit flies; some leaf miners)

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