SUPERFAMILY MUSCOIDEA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does superfamily Muscoidea mean? 

• SUPERFAMILY MUSCOIDEA (noun)
  The noun SUPERFAMILY MUSCOIDEA has 1 sense:

1. two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae

  Familiarity information: SUPERFAMILY MUSCOIDEA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUPERFAMILY MUSCOIDEA (noun)

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Meaning:

Two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Muscoidea; superfamily Muscoidea

Hypernyms ("superfamily Muscoidea" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Holonyms ("superfamily Muscoidea" 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)