GENUS ANDRENA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Andrena mean? 

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

1. a solitary burrowing short-tongued bee

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS ANDRENA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A solitary burrowing short-tongued bee

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Andrena"):

andrena; andrenid; mining bee (a bee that is a member of the genus Andrena)

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

Andrenidae; family Andrenidae (a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground)