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FAMILY SISYRIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Sisyridae mean?
• FAMILY SISYRIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY SISYRIDAE has 1 sense:
1. an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies
Familiarity information: FAMILY SISYRIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Sisyridae; Sisyridae
Hypernyms ("family Sisyridae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Sisyridae"):
spongefly; spongillafly (hairy-bodied insect whose larvae feed on freshwater sponges)
Holonyms ("family Sisyridae" is a member of...):
Neuroptera; order Neuroptera (an order of insects including: lacewings; antlions; dobsonflies; alderflies; fish flies; mantispids; spongeflies)
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