PSYCHODIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies

Synonyms:

family Psychodidae; Psychodidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Psychodidae"):

psychodid (a fly of the family Psychodidae)

genus Phlebotomus; Phlebotomus (small bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths)

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

Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)