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FAMILY OESTRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Oestridae mean?
• FAMILY OESTRIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY OESTRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. warble flies
Familiarity information: FAMILY OESTRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Warble flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hypodermatidae; family Oestridae; Hypodermatidae; Oestridae
Hypernyms ("family Oestridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Oestridae"):
genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)
genus Hypoderma; Hypoderma (in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies)
Holonyms ("family Oestridae" 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)
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