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Webster 1913 Edition
Rhynchophora
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Rhyn-choph′o-ra
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ῥύγχοσ
snout + φέρειν
to carry.] (Zool.)
A group of Coleoptera having a snoutlike head; the snout beetles, curculios, or weevils.
Definition 2024
Rhynchophora
Rhynchophora
Translingual
Proper noun
Rhynchophora f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Malpighiaceae – slender woody vines native to Madagascar.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Malpighiaceae - family
Hyponyms
- (genus): For species see
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