genus geophilus

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   type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs

   SynonymsGeophilus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofGeophilidae

Questions about genus geophilus

What does genus geophilus mean?

genus geophilus means "type genus of the Geophilidae: a cosmopolitan genus of centipedes sometimes called earwigs".

What is another word for genus geophilus?

Close synonyms include Geophilus. 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 geophilus a common word?

genus geophilus 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.