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ADELGES
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Adelges mean?
• ADELGES (noun)
The noun ADELGES has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice
Familiarity information: ADELGES used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Adelges; genus Adelges
Hypernyms ("Adelges" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Adelges"):
Adelges piceae; balsam woolly aphid; Adelges abietis; spruce gall aphid (a variety of adelgid)
Holonyms ("Adelges" is a member of...):
Adelgidae; family Adelgidae (plant lice)
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