SCUTIGERIDAE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Scutigeridae mean? 

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

1. a family of Chilopoda

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• SCUTIGERIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A family of Chilopoda

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Scutigeridae; Scutigeridae

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Scutigeridae"):

genus Scutigera; Scutigera (a genus of Scutigeridae)

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

Chilopoda; class Chilopoda (arthropods having the trunk composed of numerous somites each bearing one pair of legs: centipedes)