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FAMILY CIMICIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects
Synonyms:
Cimicidae; family Cimicidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Cimicidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Cimicidae"):
Cimex; genus Cimex (type genus of the Cimicidae: bedbugs)
Holonyms ("family Cimicidae" is a member of...):
Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))