CECIDOMYIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Cecidomyidae mean? 

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

1. gall midges

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CECIDOMYIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Gall midges

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Cecidomyidae; family Cecidomyidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Cecidomyidae"):

gall gnat; gall midge; gallfly (fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants)

genus Mayetiola; Mayetiola (a genus of Cecidomyidae)

Holonyms ("Cecidomyidae" 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)