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FAMILY STIZIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Stizidae mean?
• FAMILY STIZIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY STIZIDAE has 1 sense:
1. cicada killers
Familiarity information: FAMILY STIZIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cicada killers
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Stizidae; Stizidae
Hypernyms ("family Stizidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Stizidae"):
genus Sphecius; Sphecius (large solitary wasps: cicada killer)
Holonyms ("family Stizidae" is a member of...):
Sphecoidea; superfamily Sphecoidea (families Sphecidae and Stizidae)
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