SUBFAMILY MELOLONTHIDAE

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Considered a separate family in some classification systems

Synonyms:

Melolonthidae; subfamily Melolonthidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("subfamily Melolonthidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "subfamily Melolonthidae"):

genus Melolontha; Melolontha; genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus (a genus of Melolonthidae)

Holonyms ("subfamily Melolonthidae" is a member of...):

family Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae (scarab or dung beetles)