OESTRIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Oestridae mean? 

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

1. warble flies

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OESTRIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Warble flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Hypodermatidae; family Oestridae; Hypodermatidae; Oestridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Oestridae"):

genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)

genus Hypoderma; Hypoderma (in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies)

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

Diptera; order Diptera (a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies)