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BITTACIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera
Synonyms:
Bittacidae; family Bittacidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Bittacidae" is a kind of...):
family ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera)
Meronyms (members of "Bittacidae"):
hanging fly (any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae)
Holonyms ("Bittacidae" is a member of...):
Mecoptera; order Mecoptera (an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip)
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