HEMEROBIID FLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does hemerobiid fly mean? 

• HEMEROBIID FLY (noun)
  The noun HEMEROBIID FLY has 1 sense:

1. small dark-colored lacewing fly

  Familiarity information: HEMEROBIID FLY used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMEROBIID FLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Small dark-colored lacewing fly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

brown lacewing; hemerobiid; hemerobiid fly

Hypernyms ("hemerobiid fly" is a kind of...):

lacewing; lacewing fly (any of two families of insects with gauzy wings (Chrysopidae and Hemerobiidae); larvae feed on insect pests such as aphids)

Holonyms ("hemerobiid fly" is a member of...):

family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)