FAMILY CUTEREBRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cuterebridae mean? 

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

1. New World botflies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY CUTEREBRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

New World botflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cuterebridae; family Cuterebridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Cuterebridae"):

Cuterebra; genus Cuterebra (type genus of the Cuterebridae)

Dermatobia; genus Dermatobia (larvae live under the skin of domestic mammals and humans)

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

Diptera; order Diptera (a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies)