CERATOPOGONIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Ceratopogonidae mean? 

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

1. biting midges; sand flies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• CERATOPOGONIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Biting midges; sand flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Ceratopogonidae; family Ceratopogonidae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Ceratopogonidae"):

biting midge; no-see-um; punkey; punkie; punky (minute two-winged insect that sucks the blood of mammals and birds and other insects)

Ceratopogon; genus Ceratopogon (type genus of the Ceratopogonidae)

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

Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)