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FAMILY HALICTIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Halictidae mean?
• FAMILY HALICTIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY HALICTIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture
Familiarity information: FAMILY HALICTIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Halictidae; Halictidae
Hypernyms ("family Halictidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Halictidae"):
genus Nomia; nomia (a genus of bee; some are important pollinators of legumes)
Holonyms ("family Halictidae" is a member of...):
Apoidea; superfamily Apoidea (bees)
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