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FAMILY SIMULIIDAE
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I. (noun)
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Meaning:
Blackflies and sand flies
Synonyms:
family Simuliidae; Simuliidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("family Simuliidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Simuliidae"):
genus Simulium; Simulium (type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies)
Holonyms ("family Simuliidae" 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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