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MACRODACTYLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Macrodactylus mean?
• MACRODACTYLUS (noun)
The noun MACRODACTYLUS has 1 sense:
1. a genus of Melolonthidae
Familiarity information: MACRODACTYLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A genus of Melolonthidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus
Hypernyms ("Macrodactylus" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Macrodactylus"):
Macrodactylus subspinosus; rose bug; rose chafer (common North American beetle: larvae feed on roots and adults on leaves and flowers of e.g. rose bushes or apple trees or grape vines)
Holonyms ("Macrodactylus" is a member of...):
Melolonthidae; subfamily Melolonthidae (considered a separate family in some classification systems)
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