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MELOLONTHIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Considered a separate family in some classification systems

Synonyms:

Melolonthidae; subfamily Melolonthidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Melolonthidae"):

genus Melolontha; Melolontha; genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus (a genus of Melolonthidae)

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

family Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae (scarab or dung beetles)

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