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FAMILY HYPODERMATIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Warble flies
Synonyms:
family Hypodermatidae; family Oestridae; Hypodermatidae; Oestridae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Hypodermatidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Hypodermatidae"):
genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)
genus Hypoderma; Hypoderma (in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies)
Holonyms ("family Hypodermatidae" 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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