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FAMILY SCIARIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Sciaridae mean?
• FAMILY SCIARIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY SCIARIDAE has 1 sense:
1. fungus gnats
Familiarity information: FAMILY SCIARIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Fungus gnats
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Sciaridae; Sciaridae
Hypernyms ("family Sciaridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Sciaridae"):
genus Sciara (type genus of the Sciaridae: fungus gnat)
Holonyms ("family Sciaridae" is a member of...):
Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)
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