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MUSCIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Two-winged flies especially the housefly

Synonyms:

family Muscidae; Muscidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Muscidae"):

genus Musca; Musca (type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies)

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

Diptera; order Diptera (a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies)

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