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NOTONECTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Notonectidae mean?
• NOTONECTIDAE (noun)
The noun NOTONECTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. aquatic carnivorous insects
Familiarity information: NOTONECTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Aquatic carnivorous insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Notonectidae; Notonectidae
Hypernyms ("Notonectidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Notonectidae"):
genus Notonecta; Notonecta (type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers)
Holonyms ("Notonectidae" is a member of...):
Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))
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