FAMILY CHRYSOPIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Chrysopidae mean? 

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

1. green lacewings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CHRYSOPIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Green lacewings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Chrysopidae; family Chrysopidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Chrysopidae"):

aphid lion; aphis lion (carnivorous larva of lacewing flies)

chrysopid; green lacewing; stink fly (pale green unpleasant-smelling lacewing fly having carnivorous larvae)

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

Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)