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FAMILY ICHNEUMONIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Ichneumon flies

Synonyms:

family Ichneumonidae; Ichneumonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Ichneumonidae"):

ichneumon fly (hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae)

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

Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)

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