FAMILY PSOCIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

A family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice

Synonyms:

family Psocidae; Psocidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("family Psocidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Psocidae"):

psocid (small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter)

genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis; genus Trogium; Trogium (a genus of Psocidae)

Holonyms ("family Psocidae" is a member of...):

Corrodentia; order Corrodentia; order Psocoptera; Psocoptera (an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice)