FAMILY PHILLIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Phillidae mean? 

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

1. leaf insects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY PHILLIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Leaf insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Phillidae; family Phyllidae; Phillidae; Phyllidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Phillidae"):

genus Phyllium; Phyllium (type genus of the Phyllidae)

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

order Phasmatodea; order Phasmida; Phasmatodea; Phasmida (in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects)