GENUS ADELGES

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Adelges mean? 

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

1. type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice

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

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• GENUS ADELGES (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice

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Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Adelges; genus Adelges

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Adelges"):

Adelges piceae; balsam woolly aphid; Adelges abietis; spruce gall aphid (a variety of adelgid)

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

Adelgidae; family Adelgidae (plant lice)