GASTEROPHILIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Gasterophilidae mean? 

• GASTEROPHILIDAE (noun)
  The noun GASTEROPHILIDAE has 1 sense:

1. horse botflies

  Familiarity information: GASTEROPHILIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GASTEROPHILIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Horse botflies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Gasterophilidae; Gasterophilidae

Hypernyms ("Gasterophilidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Gasterophilidae"):

Gasterophilus; genus Gasterophilus (type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies)

Holonyms ("Gasterophilidae" 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)