HANGING FLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("hanging fly" is a kind of...):

mecopteran (any of various carnivorous insects of the order Mecoptera)

Holonyms ("hanging fly" is a member of...):

Bittacidae; family Bittacidae (a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera)

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