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MUSCIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two-winged flies especially the housefly
Synonyms:
family Muscidae; Muscidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Muscidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Muscidae"):
genus Musca; Musca (type genus of the Muscidae: houseflies)
Holonyms ("Muscidae" 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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