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    FAMILY PSYCHODIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand fliesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Psychodidae; Psychodidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Psychodidae"):

    psychodid (a fly of the family Psychodidae)

    genus Phlebotomus; Phlebotomus (small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths)

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

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

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