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FAMILY CHALCIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Chalcidae mean?
• FAMILY CHALCIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY CHALCIDAE has 1 sense:
1. an arthropod family including: chalcidflies
Familiarity information: FAMILY CHALCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arthropod family including: chalcidflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Chalcidae; Chalcididae; family Chalcidae; family Chalcididae
Hypernyms ("family Chalcidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Chalcidae"):
chalcid; chalcid fly; chalcid wasp; chalcidfly (any of various tiny insects whose larvae are parasites on eggs and larvae of other insects; many are beneficial in destroying injurious insects)
jointworm; strawworm (larva of chalcid flies injurious to the straw of wheat and other grains)
Chalcis; genus Chalcis (type genus of the Chalcididae)
Holonyms ("family Chalcidae" is a member of...):
Hymenoptera; order Hymenoptera (an order of insects including: bees; wasps; ants; ichneumons; sawflies; gall wasps; etc.)
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