GENUS SIMULIUM
Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Simulium mean? • GENUS SIMULIUM (noun)
The noun GENUS SIMULIUM has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies
Familiarity information: GENUS SIMULIUM used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• GENUS SIMULIUM (noun)
Meaning:
Type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Simulium; Simulium
Hypernyms ("genus Simulium" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Simulium"):
black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat (small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals)
Holonyms ("genus Simulium" is a member of...):
family Simuliidae; Simuliidae (blackflies and sand flies)
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