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GENUS ANTHIDIUM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Anthidium mean? 

GENUS ANTHIDIUM (noun)
  The noun GENUS ANTHIDIUM has 1 sense:

1. potter beesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


GENUS ANTHIDIUM (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Potter bees

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anthidium; genus Anthidium

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Anthidium"):

potter bee (solitary bee that builds nests of mud or pebbles cemented together and attached to a plant)

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

family Megachilidae; Megachilidae (leaf-cutting and mason bees)


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