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FAMILY CIMICIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cimicidae mean?
• FAMILY CIMICIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY CIMICIDAE has 1 sense:
1. wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects
Familiarity information: FAMILY CIMICIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cimicidae; family Cimicidae
Hypernyms ("family Cimicidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Cimicidae"):
Cimex; genus Cimex (type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs)
Holonyms ("family Cimicidae" is a member of...):
Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))
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