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SIALIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Sialidae mean?
• SIALIDAE (noun)
The noun SIALIDAE has 1 sense:
1. an arthropod family including: alderflies
Familiarity information: SIALIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
An arthropod family including: alderflies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Sialidae; Sialidae
Hypernyms ("Sialidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Sialidae"):
genus Sialis; Sialis (type genus of the Sialidae)
Holonyms ("Sialidae" is a member of...):
Megaloptera; suborder Megaloptera (in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies)
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