MUSCIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Muscidae mean? 

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

1. two-winged flies especially the housefly

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• MUSCIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Two-winged flies especially the housefly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Muscidae; Muscidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Muscidae"):

genus Musca; Musca (type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies)

Holonyms ("Muscidae" 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)