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SITOPHYLUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Bruchidae

Synonyms:

genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sitophylus"):

black weevil; rice weevil; Sitophylus oryzae (brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice)

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

Bruchidae; family Bruchidae (seed beetles)

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