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Acanthoscelides

noun

a genus of Bruchidae

• Syn: ↑genus Acanthoscelides

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Bruchidae, ↑family Bruchidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑bean weevil, ↑Acanthoscelides obtectus

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\\əˌkan(t)thəˈseləˌdēz\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from acanth- + Greek skelos leg + -ides (plural of -id-, -is, patronymic suffix)

: a genus of weevils (family Bruchidae) native to America but of cosmopolitan distribution and including the destructive bean weevil

Useful english dictionary. 2012.