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BOMBYLIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bee flies

Synonyms:

Bombyliidae; family Bombyliidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Bombyliidae"):

bee fly (hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects)

Holonyms ("Bombyliidae" 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)

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