FAMILY SIALIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

An arthropod family including: alderflies

Synonyms:

family Sialidae; Sialidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Sialidae"):

genus Sialis; Sialis (type genus of the Sialidae)

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

Megaloptera; suborder Megaloptera (in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies)