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MELOIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Meloidae mean?
• MELOIDAE (noun)
The noun MELOIDAE has 1 sense:
1. blister beetles
Familiarity information: MELOIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blister beetles
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Meloidae; Meloidae
Hypernyms ("Meloidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Meloidae"):
blister beetle; meloid (beetle that produces a secretion that blisters the skin)
Holonyms ("Meloidae" is a member of...):
Coleoptera; order Coleoptera (beetles)
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