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TIPULIDAE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does Tipulidae mean?
• TIPULIDAE (noun)
The noun TIPULIDAE has 1 sense:
1. crane flies
Familiarity information: TIPULIDAE used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Crane flies
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
family Tipulidae; Tipulidae
Hypernyms ("Tipulidae" is a kind of...):
arthropod family (any of the arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "Tipulidae"):
crane fly; daddy longlegs (long-legged slender flies that resemble large mosquitoes but do not bite)
Holonyms ("Tipulidae" is a member of...):
Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)
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