FAMILY TETRANYCHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Tetranychidae mean? 

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

1. plant-feeding mites

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY TETRANYCHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant-feeding mites

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Tetranychidae; Tetranychidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Tetranychidae"):

spider mite; tetranychid (web-spinning mite that attacks garden plants and fruit trees)

genus Panonychus; Panonychus (a genus of Tetranychidae)

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

Acarina; order Acarina (mites and ticks)