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Geophilus

noun

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

• Syn: ↑genus Geophilus

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Geophilidae, ↑family Geophilidae

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\\jēˈäfələs\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from ge- + -philus

: a cosmopolitan genus (the type of the family Geophilidae) of geophilomorph centipedes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.