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NEPIDAE

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(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Water scorpions

Synonyms:

family Nepidae; Nepidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Nepidae"):

water scorpion (long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube)

genus Nepa; Nepa (type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions)

genus Ranatra; Ranatra (elongate very slender water scorpions)

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

Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera (true bugs)

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