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GENUS LIPOSCELIS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Liposcelis mean?
• GENUS LIPOSCELIS (noun)
The noun GENUS LIPOSCELIS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: GENUS LIPOSCELIS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Psocidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis
Hypernyms ("genus Liposcelis" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Liposcelis"):
book louse; booklouse; deathwatch; Liposcelis divinatorius (minute wingless psocopterous insects injurious to books and papers)
Holonyms ("genus Liposcelis" is a member of...):
family Psocidae; Psocidae (a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice)
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