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PSOCIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice

Synonyms:

family Psocidae; Psocidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Psocidae"):

psocid (small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter)

genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis; genus Trogium; Trogium (a genus of Psocidae)

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

Corrodentia; order Corrodentia; order Psocoptera; Psocoptera (an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice)

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