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FAMILY PSYCHODIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies
Synonyms:
family Psychodidae; Psychodidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Psychodidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Psychodidae"):
psychodid (a fly of the family Psychodidae)
genus Phlebotomus; Phlebotomus (small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths)
Holonyms ("family Psychodidae" is a member of...):
Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)