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FAMILY TIPULIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Tipulidae mean? 

FAMILY TIPULIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY TIPULIDAE has 1 sense:

1. crane fliesplay

  Familiarity information: FAMILY TIPULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FAMILY TIPULIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Crane flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Tipulidae; Tipulidae

Hypernyms ("family Tipulidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Tipulidae"):

crane fly; daddy longlegs (long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite)

Holonyms ("family Tipulidae" is a member of...):

Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)


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