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SUPERFAMILY MUSCOIDEA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae
Synonyms:
Muscoidea; superfamily Muscoidea
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("superfamily Muscoidea" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Holonyms ("superfamily Muscoidea" 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)