FAMILY ICHNEUMONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Ichneumonidae mean? 

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

1. ichneumon flies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY ICHNEUMONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Ichneumon flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Ichneumonidae; Ichneumonidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Ichneumonidae"):

ichneumon fly (hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae)

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

Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)