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TIPULIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Crane flies

Synonyms:

family Tipulidae; Tipulidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Tipulidae"):

crane fly; daddy longlegs (long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite)

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

Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)

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