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FAMILY FULGORIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Fulgoridae mean?
• FAMILY FULGORIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY FULGORIDAE has 1 sense:
1. plant hoppers: lantern flies
Familiarity information: FAMILY FULGORIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant hoppers: lantern flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Fulgoridae; Fulgoridae
Hypernyms ("family Fulgoridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Fulgoridae"):
lantern-fly; lantern fly (large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light)
Holonyms ("family Fulgoridae" is a member of...):
Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)
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