SIMULIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Simuliidae mean? 

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

1. blackflies and sand flies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SIMULIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blackflies and sand flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Simuliidae; Simuliidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Simuliidae"):

genus Simulium; Simulium (type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies)

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

Diptera; order Diptera (a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies)