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GENUS BOMBUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Bombus mean?
• GENUS BOMBUS (noun)
The noun GENUS BOMBUS has 1 sense:
1. bumblebees
Familiarity information: GENUS BOMBUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Bumblebees
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bombus; genus Bombus
Hypernyms ("genus Bombus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Bombus"):
bumblebee; humblebee (robust hairy social bee of temperate regions)
Holonyms ("genus Bombus" is a member of...):
Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)
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