MAYETIOLA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Mayetiola mean? 

• MAYETIOLA (noun)
  The noun MAYETIOLA has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Cecidomyidae

  Familiarity information: MAYETIOLA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MAYETIOLA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Cecidomyidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Mayetiola; Mayetiola

Hypernyms ("Mayetiola" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Mayetiola"):

Hessian fly; Mayetiola destructor (small fly whose larvae damage wheat and other grains)

Holonyms ("Mayetiola" is a member of...):

Cecidomyidae; family Cecidomyidae (gall midges)