SISYRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Sisyridae mean? 

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

1. an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SISYRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

An arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Sisyridae; Sisyridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sisyridae"):

spongefly; spongillafly (hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges)

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

Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)