TACHINIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Tachinidae mean? 

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

1. parasites on other insects

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• TACHINIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Parasites on other insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Tachinidae; Tachinidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Tachinidae"):

tachina fly (bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects)

Holonyms ("Tachinidae" 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)