FAMILY MYCETOPHYLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Mycetophylidae mean? 

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

1. fungus gnats

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY MYCETOPHYLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fungus gnats

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Mycetophylidae; Mycetophilidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Mycetophylidae"):

fungus gnat (mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation)

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

Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)