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ARTHROPOD FAMILY
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Any of the arthropods
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("arthropod family" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "arthropod family"):
family Phalangiidae; Phalangiidae (a family of Phalangida)
Argiopidae; family Argiopidae; orb-weaver (spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution)
family Theridiidae; Theridiidae (a family of comb-footed spiders)
family Theraphosidae; Theraphosidae (large tropical spiders; tarantulas)
family Lycosidae; Lycosidae (wolf spiders)
Ctenizidae; family Ctenizidae (large burrowing spiders)
family Ixodidae; Ixodidae (hard ticks)
Argasidae; family Argasidae (soft ticks)
Acaridae; family Acaridae; family Trombidiidae; Trombidiidae; family Trombiculidae; Trombiculidae (mites)
family Sarcoptidae; Sarcoptidae (small whitish mites)
family Tetranychidae; Tetranychidae (plant-feeding mites)
family Scutigeridae; Scutigeridae (a family of Chilopoda)
family Geophilidae; Geophilidae (small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth)
family Limulidae; Limulidae (horseshoe crabs)
Cancridae; family Cancridae (many of the best known edible crabs)
family Portunidae; Portunidae (swimming crabs)
family Pinnotheridae; Pinnotheridae (tiny soft-bodied crabs)
family Lithodidae; Lithodidae (deep-sea crabs of cold waters)
family Majidae; Majidae (spider crabs)
family Homaridae; Homaridae (large-clawed lobsters)
family Nephropsidae; Nephropsidae (in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae)
family Palinuridae; Palinuridae (spiny lobsters)
Astacidae; Astacura; family Astacidae (crayfish)
family Paguridae; Paguridae (hermit crabs)
Crangonidae; family Crangonidae (shrimps)
family Palaemonidae; Palaemonidae (prawns)
family Peneidae; Peneidae (tropical prawns)
family Mysidae; Mysidae (small shrimp-like crustaceans)
family Squillidae; Squillidae (crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore)
Armadillidiidae; family Armadillidiidae (pill bugs)
family Oniscidae; Oniscidae (a family of Isopoda)
family Porcellionidae; Porcellionidae (sow bugs)
family Orchestiidae; Orchestiidae (beach fleas)
family Triopidae; Triopidae (a family of Notostraca)
Balanidae; family Balanidae (stalkless barnacles)
family Lepadidae; Lepadidae (goose barnacles)
family Peripatidae; Peripatidae; family Peripatopsidae; Peripatopsidae (a family of Onychophora)
Cicindelidae; family Cicindelidae (tiger beetles)
Coccinellidae; family Coccinellidae (the ladybugs)
Carabidae; family Carabidae (ground beetles)
family Lampyridae; Lampyridae (fireflies)
Cerambycidae; family Cerambycidae (long-horned beetles)
Chrysomelidae; family Chrysomelidae (leaf beetles)
Dermestidae; family Dermestidae (carpet beetles)
Cleridae; family Cleridae (beetles that prey on other insects)
Lamellicornia; superfamily Lamellicornia (scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles)
family Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae (scarab or dung beetles)
Melolonthidae; subfamily Melolonthidae; Cetoniidae; subfamily Cetoniidae (considered a separate family in some classification systems)
family Lucanidae; Lucanidae (stag beetles)
Elateridae; family Elateridae (click beetles and certain fireflies)
Dytiscidae; family Dytiscidae (water beetles)
family Gyrinidae; Gyrinidae (whirligig beetles)
Anobiidae; family Anobiidae (deathwatch beetles)
Curculionidae; family Curculionidae (true weevils: snout beetles)
family Meloidae; Meloidae (blister beetles)
family Ipidae; family Scolytidae; Ipidae; Scolytidae (large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees)
family Staphylinidae; Staphylinidae (rove beetles)
family Tenebrionidae; Tenebrionidae (a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms)
Bruchidae; family Bruchidae (seed beetles)
family Pediculidae; Pediculidae (true lice: human lice and related forms)
family Phthiriidae; Phthiriidae (crab lice)
family Pulicidae; Pulicidae (many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals)
Cecidomyidae; family Cecidomyidae (gall midges)
Muscoidea; superfamily Muscoidea (two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae)
family Muscidae; Muscidae (two-winged flies especially the housefly)
family Glossinidae; Glossinidae (flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies)
Calliphoridae; family Calliphoridae (blowflies)
family Tachinidae; Tachinidae (parasites on other insects)
family Gasterophilidae; Gasterophilidae (horse botflies)
Cuterebridae; family Cuterebridae (New World botflies)
family Hypodermatidae; family Oestridae; Hypodermatidae; Oestridae (warble flies)
family Tabanidae; Tabanidae (horseflies)
Bombyliidae; family Bombyliidae (bee flies)
Asilidae; family Asilidae (robber flies)
family Trephritidae; family Trypetidae; Trephritidae; Trypetidae (fruit flies; some leaf miners)
Drosophilidae; family Drosophilidae (fruit flies)
family Hippoboscidae; Hippoboscidae (winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies)
Culicidae; family Culicidae (mosquitoes)
Ceratopogonidae; family Ceratopogonidae (biting midges; sand flies)
Chironomidae; family Chironomidae (midges)
family Mycetophylidae; Mycetophilidae (fungus gnats)
family Psychodidae; Psychodidae (very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies)
family Sciaridae; Sciaridae (fungus gnats)
family Tipulidae; Tipulidae (crane flies)
family Simuliidae; Simuliidae (blackflies and sand flies)
Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)
Apidae; family Apidae (honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees)
Andrenidae; family Andrenidae (a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground)
family Halictidae; Halictidae (a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture)
family Megachilidae; Megachilidae (leaf-cutting and mason bees)
family Vespidae; Vespidae (an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps)
Sphecoidea; superfamily Sphecoidea (families Sphecidae and Stizidae)
family Sphecidae; Sphecidae (mud daubers; some digger wasps)
family Stizidae; Stizidae (cicada killers)
Cynipidae; family Cynipidae (a family of Hymenoptera)
Chalcidae; Chalcididae; family Chalcidae; family Chalcididae (an arthropod family including: chalcidflies)
family Ichneumonidae; Ichneumonidae (ichneumon flies)
family Tenthredinidae; Tenthredinidae (sawflies)
family Formicidae; Formicidae (ants)
Dorylinae; subfamily Dorylinae (army ants)
family Termitidae; Termitidae (termites)
family Rhinotermitidae; Rhinotermitidae (large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions)
family Mastotermitidae; Mastotermitidae (primitive termites)
family Kalotermitidae; Kalotermitidae (primitive termites of warm regions)
Acrididae; family Acrididae; family Locustidae; Locustidae (short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts)
family Tettigoniidae; Tettigoniidae (long-horned grasshoppers; katydids)
family Stenopelmatidae; Stenopelmatidae (long-horned grasshoppers)
family Gryllidae; Gryllidae (crickets)
family Phasmatidae; family Phasmidae; Phasmatidae; Phasmidae (stick insects)
family Phillidae; family Phyllidae; Phillidae; Phyllidae (leaf insects)
Blattidae; family Blattidae (domestic cockroaches)
Cryptocercidae; family Cryptocercidae (a family of Blattodea)
family Manteidae; family Mantidae; Manteidae; Mantidae (mantises)
Capsidae; family Capsidae; family Miridae; Miridae (leaf bugs)
family Tingidae; Tingidae (lace bugs)
family Lygaeidae; Lygaeidae (lygaeid bugs)
Coreidae; family Coreidae (squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs)
Cimicidae; family Cimicidae (wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects)
family Notonectidae; Notonectidae (aquatic carnivorous insects)
Belostomatidae; family Belostomatidae (water bugs)
family Nepidae; Nepidae (water scorpions)
Corixidae; family Corixidae (water bugs)
family Gerridae; family Gerrididae; Gerridae; Gerrididae (an arthropod family that includes water striders)
family Reduviidae; Reduviidae (assassin bugs)
family Pyrrhocoridae; Pyrrhocoridae (firebugs)
Aleyrodidae; family Aleyrodidae (whiteflies)
Coccoidea; superfamily Coccoidea (scale insects and mealybugs)
Coccidae; family Coccidae (scale insects)
Diaspididae; family Diaspididae (armored scales)
Dactylopiidae; family Dactylopiidae (cochineal insects)
family Pseudococcidae; Pseudococcidae (scalelike insects: mealybugs)
Aphidoidea; superfamily Aphidoidea (plant lice)
Aphididae; family Aphididae (small soft-bodied plant lice)
Adelgidae; family Adelgidae; family Phylloxeridae; Phylloxeridae (plant lice)
Chermidae; family Chermidae; family Psyllidae; Psyllidae (jumping plant lice)
Cicadidae; family Cicadidae (cicadas)
Cercopidae; family Cercopidae (froghoppers or spittlebugs)
Cicadellidae; family Cicadellidae (leafhoppers)
family Jassidae; Jassidae (family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications)
family Membracidae; Membracidae (plant hoppers: treehoppers)
family Fulgoridae; Fulgoridae (plant hoppers: lantern flies)
family Psocidae; Psocidae (a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice)
Atropidae; family Atropidae (booklice)
Ephemeridae; family Ephemeridae (mayflies)
family Myrmeleontidae; Myrmeleontidae (antlions)
Chrysopidae; family Chrysopidae (green lacewings)
family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae (brown lacewings)
Corydalidae; family Corydalidae (dobsons)
family Sialidae; Sialidae (an arthropod family including: alderflies)
family Raphidiidae; Raphidiidae (a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies)
family Mantispidae; Mantispidae (mantispids)
family Sisyridae; Sisyridae (an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies)
family Lepismatidae; Lepismatidae (firebrats)
family Machilidae; Machilidae (jumping bristletails)
family Thripidae; Thripidae (thrips)
family Forficulidae; Forficulidae (typical earwigs)
family Nymphalidae; Nymphalidae (large beautifully colored butterflies)
family Satyridae; Satyridae (a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods)
Danaidae; family Danaidae (small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies)
family Pieridae; Pieridae (arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies)
family Lycaenidae; Lycaenidae (family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs)
family Tortricidae; Tortricidae (leaf rollers and codling moths)
family Lymantriidae; Lymantriidae (tussock moths)
family Geometridae; Geometridae (measuring worms)
family Pyralidae; family Pyralididae; Pyralidae; Pyralididae (bee moths; corn borers; flour moths)
superfamily Tineoidea; Tineoidea (clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners)
family Tineidae; Tineidae (clothes moths)
family Gracilariidae; Gracilariidae; Gracillariidae (leaf miners)
family Gelechiidae; Gelechiidae (important economic pests)
family Noctuidae; Noctuidae (cutworms; armyworms)
family Sphingidae; Sphingidae (hawkmoths)
Bombycidae; family Bombycidae (Chinese silkworm moth)
family Saturniidae; Saturniidae (important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known)
Arctiidae; family Arctiidae (tiger moths)
family Lasiocampidae; Lasiocampidae (tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths)
Holonyms ("arthropod family" is a member of...):
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia (taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals)
