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APHIDIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Aphididae mean?
• APHIDIDAE (noun)
The noun APHIDIDAE has 1 sense:
1. small soft-bodied plant lice
Familiarity information: APHIDIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Small soft-bodied plant lice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Aphididae; family Aphididae
Hypernyms ("Aphididae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Aphididae"):
Aphis; genus Aphis (type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables)
Eriosoma; genus Eriosoma (woolly aphids)
genus Prociphilus; Prociphilus (a genus of Aphididae)
Holonyms ("Aphididae" is a member of...):
Aphidoidea; superfamily Aphidoidea (plant lice)
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