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FAMILY HEMEROBIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Brown lacewings

Synonyms:

family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Hemerobiidae"):

aphid lion; aphis lion (carnivorous larva of lacewing flies)

brown lacewing; hemerobiid; hemerobiid fly (small dark-colored lacewing fly)

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

Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)

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