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FAMILY ADELGIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Adelgidae mean?
• FAMILY ADELGIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY ADELGIDAE has 1 sense:
1. plant lice
Familiarity information: FAMILY ADELGIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Plant lice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Adelgidae; family Adelgidae
Hypernyms ("family Adelgidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family 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 ("family Adelgidae" is a member of...):
Aphidoidea; superfamily Aphidoidea (plant lice)
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