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FAMILY BITTACIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera

Synonyms:

Bittacidae; family Bittacidae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Bittacidae" is a kind of...):

family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)

Meronyms (members of "family Bittacidae"):

hanging fly (any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae)

Holonyms ("family Bittacidae" is a member of...):

Mecoptera; order Mecoptera (an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip)

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