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FULGORIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Plant hoppers: lantern flies

Synonyms:

family Fulgoridae; Fulgoridae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Fulgoridae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Fulgoridae"):

lantern-fly; lantern fly (large brightly marked tropical insect with a process like a snout that was formerly thought to emit light)

Holonyms ("Fulgoridae" is a member of...):

Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)

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