FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Chrysomelidae mean? 

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

1. leaf beetles

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CHRYSOMELIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf beetles

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chrysomelidae; family Chrysomelidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Chrysomelidae"):

chrysomelid; leaf beetle (brightly colored beetle that feeds on plant leaves; larvae infest roots and stems)

genus Leptinotarsa; Leptinotarsa (Colorado potato beetles)

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

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)