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FAMILY ANOBIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Anobiidae mean?
• FAMILY ANOBIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ANOBIIDAE has 1 sense:
1. deathwatch beetles
Familiarity information: FAMILY ANOBIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Deathwatch beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Anobiidae; family Anobiidae
Hypernyms ("family Anobiidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Anobiidae"):
deathwatch; deathwatch beetle; Xestobium rufovillosum (bores through wood making a ticking sound popularly thought to presage death)
Holonyms ("family Anobiidae" is a member of...):
Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)
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