MUSCOIDEA

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae

Synonyms:

Muscoidea; superfamily Muscoidea

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Holonyms ("Muscoidea" 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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