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FAMILY CICADIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Cicadidae mean?
• FAMILY CICADIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY CICADIDAE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FAMILY CICADIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Cicadas
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cicadidae; family Cicadidae
Hypernyms ("family Cicadidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Cicadidae"):
genus Cicada (type genus of the Cicadidae: cicadas)
cicada; cicala (stout-bodied insect with large membranous wings; male has drum-like organs for producing a high-pitched drone)
genus Tibicen; Tibicen (harvest flies)
genus Magicicada; Magicicada (seventeen-year locust)
Holonyms ("family Cicadidae" is a member of...):
Homoptera; suborder Homoptera (plant lice (aphids); whiteflies; cicadas; leafhoppers; plant hoppers; scale insects and mealybugs; spittle insects)
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