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NEPIDAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Water scorpions
Synonyms:
family Nepidae; Nepidae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nepidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Nepidae"):
water scorpion (long-legged aquatic insect having the front legs fitted for seizing and holding prey and the abdomen extended by a long breathing tube)
genus Nepa; Nepa (type genus of the Nepidae: typical elongate-oval water scorpions)
genus Ranatra; Ranatra (elongate very slender water scorpions)
Holonyms ("Nepidae" is a member of...):
Heteroptera; suborder Heteroptera (true bugs)
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