Definition of Genus Bruchus

1. Noun. Type genus of the Bruchidae.

Exact synonyms: Bruchus
Generic synonyms: Arthropod Genus
Group relationships: Bruchidae, Family Bruchidae
Member holonyms: Bruchus Pisorum, Pea Weevil

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Bruchus

genus Brama
genus Branchiobdella
genus Branta
genus Brasenia
genus Brevoortia
genus Brickelia
genus Brodiaea
genus Bromus
genus Brontosaurus
genus Broussonetia
genus Browallia
genus Browmius
genus Bruchus (current term)
genus Bruckenthalia
genus Brugmansia
genus Brunfelsia
genus Brya
genus Bryanthus
genus Bryonia
genus Bryum
genus Bubalus
genus Bubo
genus Bubulcus
genus Bucephala
genus Buceros
genus Buchloe
genus Buckleya

Literary usage of Genus Bruchus

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Natural History of Secession by Thomas Shepard Goodwin (1865)
"The genus Bruchus contains the Pea-Wee- Fig vil, B. pisi, Linn., which lays its eggs on the pea when in flower, and the larva enters the pea through the ..."

2. Natural History: A Manual of Zoology for Schools, Colleges, and the General by Sanborn Tenney (1872)
"The genus Bruchus contains the Pea-Wee- vil, B. pisi, Linn., which lays its* eggs on the pea when in flower, and the larva enters the pea through the green ..."

3. The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste by Luther Tucker (1856)
"Another species of the same genus (Bruchus) attacks the kidney bean and the cow pea, and is still more destructive. The Pea Bug seldom attacks the germ, ..."

4. Ireland: Industrial and Agricultural by William P. Coyne (1902)
"... by their characteristic black and green Aphids, and the imported seeds for these crops contain too often the destructive beetles of the genus Bruchus. ..."

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