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GENUS GEOPHILUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Geophilus mean?
• GENUS GEOPHILUS (noun)
The noun GENUS GEOPHILUS has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs
Familiarity information: GENUS GEOPHILUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Geophilus; Geophilus
Hypernyms ("genus Geophilus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Holonyms ("genus Geophilus" is a member of...):
family Geophilidae; Geophilidae (small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth)
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