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ANTHONOMUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Anthonomus mean?
• ANTHONOMUS (noun)
The noun ANTHONOMUS has 1 sense:
1. weevils destructive of cultivated plants
Familiarity information: ANTHONOMUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Weevils destructive of cultivated plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus
Hypernyms ("Anthonomus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Anthonomus"):
Anthonomus grandis; boll weevil (greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton)
Holonyms ("Anthonomus" is a member of...):
Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)
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