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FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does family Staphylinidae mean?
• FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE has 1 sense:
1. rove beetles
Familiarity information: FAMILY STAPHYLINIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rove beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Staphylinidae; Staphylinidae
Hypernyms ("family Staphylinidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "family Staphylinidae"):
rove beetle (active beetle typically having predatory or scavenging habits)
Holonyms ("family Staphylinidae" is a member of...):
Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)
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