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FAMILY CECIDOMYIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Gall midges
Synonyms:
Cecidomyidae; family Cecidomyidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cecidomyidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Cecidomyidae"):
gall gnat; gall midge; gallfly (fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants)
genus Mayetiola; Mayetiola (a genus of Cecidomyidae)
Holonyms ("family Cecidomyidae" 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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