MELOLONTHIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Melolonthidae mean? 

• MELOLONTHIDAE (noun)
  The noun MELOLONTHIDAE has 1 sense:

1. considered a separate family in some classification systems

  Familiarity information: MELOLONTHIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MELOLONTHIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Considered a separate family in some classification systems

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Melolonthidae; subfamily Melolonthidae

Hypernyms ("Melolonthidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Melolonthidae"):

genus Melolontha; Melolontha; genus Macrodactylus; Macrodactylus (a genus of Melolonthidae)

Holonyms ("Melolonthidae" is a member of...):

family Scarabaeidae; Scarabaeidae (scarab or dung beetles)