MONOCHAMUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Monochamus mean? 

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

1. sawyer beetles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MONOCHAMUS (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Sawyer beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Monochamus; Monochamus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Monochamus"):

sawyer; sawyer beetle (any of several beetles whose larvae bore holes in dead or dying trees especially conifers)

pine sawyer (large beetle whose larvae bore holes in pine trees)

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

Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)