FAMILY CLERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cleridae mean? 

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

1. beetles that prey on other insects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CLERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Beetles that prey on other insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cleridae; family Cleridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Cleridae"):

clerid; clerid beetle (predacious on other insects; usually brightly colored or metallic)

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

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)