ICHNEUMONIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Ichneumon flies

Synonyms:

family Ichneumonidae; Ichneumonidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ichneumonidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Ichneumonidae"):

ichneumon fly (hymenopterous insect that resembles a wasp and whose larvae are parasitic on caterpillars and other insect larvae)

Holonyms ("Ichneumonidae" is a member of...):

Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)