FAMILY ANDRENIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Andrenidae mean? 

• FAMILY ANDRENIDAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY ANDRENIDAE has 1 sense:

1. a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground

  Familiarity information: FAMILY ANDRENIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ANDRENIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Andrenidae; family Andrenidae

Hypernyms ("family Andrenidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Andrenidae"):

genus Andrena (a solitary burrowing short-tongued bee)

Holonyms ("family Andrenidae" is a member of...):

Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)