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SITOPHYLUS

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sitophylus mean? 

SITOPHYLUS (noun)
  The noun SITOPHYLUS has 1 sense:

1. a genus of Bruchidaeplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


SITOPHYLUS (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

A genus of Bruchidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sitophylus"):

black weevil; rice weevil; Sitophylus oryzae (brown weevil that infests stored grain especially rice)

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

Bruchidae; family Bruchidae (seed beetles)


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