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FAMILY HEMEROBIIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Hemerobiidae mean?
• FAMILY HEMEROBIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY HEMEROBIIDAE has 1 sense:
Familiarity information: FAMILY HEMEROBIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Brown lacewings
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Hemerobiidae; Hemerobiidae
Hypernyms ("family Hemerobiidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Hemerobiidae"):
aphid lion; aphis lion (carnivorous larva of lacewing flies)
brown lacewing; hemerobiid; hemerobiid fly (small dark-colored lacewing fly)
Holonyms ("family Hemerobiidae" is a member of...):
Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)
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