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ANTHONOMUS

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

1. weevils destructive of cultivated plants

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

• ANTHONOMUS (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Weevils destructive of cultivated plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Anthonomus; genus Anthonomus

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

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Anthonomus"):

Anthonomus grandis; boll weevil (greyish weevil that lays its eggs in cotton bolls destroying the cotton)

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

Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)

"Rolling stone gathers no moss."
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"When jobless, keep rattling the door."
(Albanian proverb)
"Do good to people in order to enslave their hearts."
(Arabic proverb)
"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
(Corsican proverb)

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