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FAMILY PHYLLIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Phyllidae mean?
• FAMILY PHYLLIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY PHYLLIDAE has 1 sense:
1. leaf insects
Familiarity information: FAMILY PHYLLIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Leaf insects
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Phillidae; family Phyllidae; Phillidae; Phyllidae
Hypernyms ("family Phyllidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Phyllidae"):
genus Phyllium; Phyllium (type genus of the Phyllidae)
Holonyms ("family Phyllidae" is a member of...):
order Phasmatodea; order Phasmida; Phasmatodea; Phasmida (in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects)
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