GENUS ACTINOMYCES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Actinomyces mean? 

• GENUS ACTINOMYCES (noun)
  The noun GENUS ACTINOMYCES has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae

  Familiarity information: GENUS ACTINOMYCES used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ACTINOMYCES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Actinomycetaceae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Actinomyces" is a kind of...):

bacteria genus (a genus of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "genus Actinomyces"):

actinomyces (soil-inhabiting saprophytes and disease-producing plant and animal parasites)

Holonyms ("genus Actinomyces" is a member of...):

Actinomycetaceae; family Actinomycetaceae (filamentous anaerobic bacteria)

 Context examples 

A taxonomic family of filamentous or rod shaped bacterium in the phylum Actinobacteria with type genus actinomyces.

(Actinomycetaceae, NCI Thesaurus)