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SITOPHYLUS
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sitophylus mean?
• SITOPHYLUS (noun)
The noun SITOPHYLUS has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: SITOPHYLUS used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
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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