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PORCELLIONIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Porcellionidae mean?
• PORCELLIONIDAE (noun)
The noun PORCELLIONIDAE has 1 sense:
1. sow bugs
Familiarity information: PORCELLIONIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sow bugs
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Porcellionidae; Porcellionidae
Hypernyms ("Porcellionidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Porcellionidae"):
genus Porcellio; Porcellio (Old World genus of isopod crustaceans)
Holonyms ("Porcellionidae" is a member of...):
Isopoda; order Isopoda (woodlice)
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