GENUS TYLENCHUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Tylenchus mean? 

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

1. type genus of the family Tylenchidae

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENUS TYLENCHUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Tylenchidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tylenchus; Tylenchus

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

worm genus (a genus of worms)

Meronyms (members of "genus Tylenchus"):

Tylenchus tritici; wheat eel; wheat eelworm; wheatworm (small roundworm parasitic on wheat)

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

family Tylenchidae; Tylenchidae (a family of Nematoda)