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ORCHESTIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Orchestiidae mean?
• ORCHESTIIDAE (noun)
The noun ORCHESTIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. beach fleas
Familiarity information: ORCHESTIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Beach fleas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Orchestiidae; Orchestiidae
Hypernyms ("Orchestiidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Orchestiidae"):
genus Orchestia; Orchestia (type genus of the family Orchestiidae)
Holonyms ("Orchestiidae" is a member of...):
Amphipoda; order Amphipoda (small flat-bodied semiterrestrial crustaceans: whale lice; sand-hoppers; skeleton shrimp)
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