GENUS SCIARA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Sciara mean? 

• GENUS SCIARA (noun)
  The noun GENUS SCIARA has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat

  Familiarity information: GENUS SCIARA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS SCIARA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Sciara" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Sciara"):

fungus gnat; sciara; sciarid (minute blackish gregarious flies destructive to mushrooms and seedlings)

Holonyms ("genus Sciara" is a member of...):

family Sciaridae; Sciaridae (fungus gnats)