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ANDRENIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

A large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground

Synonyms:

Andrenidae; family Andrenidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Andrenidae"):

genus Andrena (a solitary burrowing short-tongued bee)

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

Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)

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