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TIBICEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tibicen mean? 

TIBICEN (noun)
  The noun TIBICEN has 1 sense:

1. harvest fliesplay

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


 Dictionary entry details 


TIBICEN (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Harvest flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Tibicen; Tibicen

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Tibicen"):

dog-day cicada; harvest fly (its distinctive song is heard during July and August)

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

Cicadidae; family Cicadidae (cicadas)


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