FAMILY APHIDIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Aphididae mean? 

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

1. small soft-bodied plant lice

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY APHIDIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small soft-bodied plant lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aphididae; family Aphididae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Aphididae"):

Aphis; genus Aphis (type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables)

Eriosoma; genus Eriosoma (woolly aphids)

genus Prociphilus; Prociphilus (a genus of Aphididae)

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

Aphidoidea; superfamily Aphidoidea (plant lice)