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GLOSSINIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies
Synonyms:
family Glossinidae; Glossinidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Glossinidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Glossinidae"):
genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)
Holonyms ("Glossinidae" 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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