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APHIDIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small soft-bodied plant lice

Synonyms:

Aphididae; family Aphididae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Aphididae"):

Aphis; genus Aphis (type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables)

Eriosoma; genus Eriosoma (woolly aphids)

genus Prociphilus; Prociphilus (a genus of Aphididae)

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

Aphidoidea; superfamily Aphidoidea (plant lice)

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