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FAMILY BRUCHIDAE

Dictionary entry overview: What does family Bruchidae mean?

• FAMILY BRUCHIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY BRUCHIDAE has 1 sense:

1. seed beetles

Familiarity information: FAMILY BRUCHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• FAMILY BRUCHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Bruchidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Seed beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bruchidae; family Bruchidae

Hypernyms ("family Bruchidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Bruchidae"):

seed beetle; seed weevil (a small beetle that infests the seeds of legumes)

Bruchus; genus Bruchus (type genus of the Bruchidae)

Acanthoscelides; genus Acanthoscelides; genus Sitophylus; Sitophylus (a genus of Bruchidae)

Holonyms ("family Bruchidae" is a member of...):

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)

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