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GENUS MELOPHAGUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Melophagus mean?
• GENUS MELOPHAGUS (noun)
The noun GENUS MELOPHAGUS has 1 sense:
1. an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked
Familiarity information: GENUS MELOPHAGUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Melophagus; Melophagus
Hypernyms ("genus Melophagus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Melophagus"):
Melophagus Ovinus; sheep-tick; sheep ked; sheep tick (wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle)
Holonyms ("genus Melophagus" is a member of...):
family Hippoboscidae; Hippoboscidae (winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies)
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