HEMEROBIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hemerobiidae mean? 

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

1. brown lacewings

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HEMEROBIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Brown lacewings

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Hemerobiidae"):

aphid lion; aphis lion (carnivorous larva of lacewing flies)

brown lacewing; hemerobiid; hemerobiid fly (small dark-colored lacewing fly)

Holonyms ("Hemerobiidae" is a member of...):

Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)