genus adelges

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   type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice

   SynonymsAdelges

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofAdelgidae

Questions about genus adelges

What does genus adelges mean?

genus adelges means "type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice".

What is another word for genus adelges?

Close synonyms include Adelges. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus adelges a common word?

genus adelges is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.