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GENUS CAMPONOTUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Camponotus mean?
• GENUS CAMPONOTUS (noun)
The noun GENUS CAMPONOTUS has 1 sense:
1. carpenter ants
Familiarity information: GENUS CAMPONOTUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Carpenter ants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Camponotus; genus Camponotus
Hypernyms ("genus Camponotus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Camponotus"):
carpenter ant (ant that nests in decaying wood in which it bores tunnels for depositing eggs)
Holonyms ("genus Camponotus" is a member of...):
family Formicidae; Formicidae (ants)
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