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ADELGIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Adelgidae mean? 

ADELGIDAE (noun)
  The noun ADELGIDAE has 1 sense:

1. plant liceplay

  Familiarity information: ADELGIDAE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


ADELGIDAE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Plant lice

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Adelgidae; family Adelgidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Adelgidae"):

Adelges; genus Adelges (type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice)

adelgid (any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers)

genus Pineus; Pineus (a genus of Adelgidae)

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

Aphidoidea; superfamily Aphidoidea (plant lice)


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