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BRUCHUS PISORUM
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Bruchus pisorum mean?
• BRUCHUS PISORUM (noun)
The noun BRUCHUS PISORUM has 1 sense:
1. larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
Familiarity information: BRUCHUS PISORUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Larvae live in and feed on seeds of the pea plant
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bruchus pisorum; pea weevil
Hypernyms ("Bruchus pisorum" is a kind of...):
seed beetle; seed weevil (a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes)
Holonyms ("Bruchus pisorum" is a member of...):
Bruchus; genus Bruchus (type genus of the Bruchidae)
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