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FAMILY BITTACIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Bittacidae mean?
• FAMILY BITTACIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY BITTACIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera
Familiarity information: FAMILY BITTACIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Bittacidae; family Bittacidae
Hypernyms ("family Bittacidae" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Meronyms (members of "family Bittacidae"):
hanging fly (any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae)
Holonyms ("family Bittacidae" is a member of...):
Mecoptera; order Mecoptera (an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip)
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