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FAMILY LAMPYRIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fireflies

Synonyms:

family Lampyridae; Lampyridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Lampyridae"):

firefly; lightning bug (nocturnal beetle common in warm regions having luminescent abdominal organs)

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

Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)

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