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    SIMULIUM

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Type genus of the Simuliidae: blackfliesplay

    Synonyms:

    genus Simulium; Simulium

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "Simulium"):

    black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat (small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals)

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

    family Simuliidae; Simuliidae (blackflies and sand flies)

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