PSYCHODIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Psychodidae mean? 

• PSYCHODIDAE (noun)
  The noun PSYCHODIDAE has 1 sense:

1. very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies

  Familiarity information: PSYCHODIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PSYCHODIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Psychodidae; Psychodidae

Hypernyms ("Psychodidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Psychodidae"):

psychodid (a fly of the family Psychodidae)

genus Phlebotomus; Phlebotomus (small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths)

Holonyms ("Psychodidae" is a member of...):

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