BOMBYLIIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Bombyliidae mean? 

• BOMBYLIIDAE (noun)
  The noun BOMBYLIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. bee flies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• BOMBYLIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bee flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombyliidae; family Bombyliidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Bombyliidae"):

bee fly (hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects)

Holonyms ("Bombyliidae" 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)