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SIMULIIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Blackflies and sand flies

Synonyms:

family Simuliidae; Simuliidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Simuliidae"):

genus Simulium; Simulium (type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies)

Holonyms ("Simuliidae" 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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