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FAMILY MYCETOPHYLIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Fungus gnats

Synonyms:

family Mycetophylidae; Mycetophilidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Mycetophylidae"):

fungus gnat (mosquito-like insect whose larvae feed on fungi or decaying vegetation)

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

Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)

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