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FAMILY PSOCIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Psocidae mean?
• FAMILY PSOCIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY PSOCIDAE has 1 sense:
1. a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice
Familiarity information: FAMILY PSOCIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
A family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Psocidae; Psocidae
Hypernyms ("family Psocidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Psocidae"):
psocid (small winged insect living on the bark and leaves of trees and feeding on e.g. fungi and decaying plant matter)
genus Liposcelis; Liposcelis; genus Trogium; Trogium (a genus of Psocidae)
Holonyms ("family Psocidae" is a member of...):
Corrodentia; order Corrodentia; order Psocoptera; Psocoptera (an order of insects: includes booklice and bark-lice)
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