arthropod family
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1. any of the arthropods (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | family, |
| definition | : | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group) |
| hyponym | : | family phalangiidae, phalangiidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Phalangida (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | argiopidae, family argiopidae, orb-weaver, |
| definition | : | spiders that spin orb webs; cosmopolitan in distribution (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family theridiidae, theridiidae, |
| definition | : | a family of comb-footed spiders (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family theraphosidae, theraphosidae, |
| definition | : | large tropical spiders; tarantulas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lycosidae, lycosidae, |
| definition | : | wolf spiders (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ctenizidae, family ctenizidae, |
| definition | : | large burrowing spiders (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ixodidae, ixodidae, |
| definition | : | hard ticks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | argasidae, family argasidae, |
| definition | : | soft ticks (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acaridae, family acaridae, |
| definition | : | mites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trombidiidae, trombidiidae, |
| definition | : | mites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trombiculidae, trombiculidae, |
| definition | : | mites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sarcoptidae, sarcoptidae, |
| definition | : | small whitish mites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tetranychidae, tetranychidae, |
| definition | : | plant-feeding mites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scutigeridae, scutigeridae, |
| definition | : | a family of Chilopoda (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family geophilidae, geophilidae, |
| definition | : | small extremely elongate centipedes that live in earth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family limulidae, limulidae, |
| definition | : | horseshoe crabs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cancridae, family cancridae, |
| definition | : | many of the best known edible crabs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family portunidae, portunidae, |
| definition | : | swimming crabs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pinnotheridae, pinnotheridae, |
| definition | : | tiny soft-bodied crabs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lithodidae, lithodidae, |
| definition | : | deep-sea crabs of cold waters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family majidae, majidae, |
| definition | : | spider crabs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family homaridae, homaridae, |
| definition | : | large-clawed lobsters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family nephropsidae, nephropsidae, |
| definition | : | in some classifications coextensive with the Homaridae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family palinuridae, palinuridae, |
| definition | : | spiny lobsters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | astacidae, astacura, family astacidae, |
| definition | : | crayfish (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family paguridae, paguridae, |
| definition | : | hermit crabs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | crangonidae, family crangonidae, |
| definition | : | shrimps (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family palaemonidae, palaemonidae, |
| definition | : | prawns (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family peneidae, peneidae, |
| definition | : | tropical prawns (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mysidae, mysidae, |
| definition | : | small shrimp-like crustaceans (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family squillidae, squillidae, |
| definition | : | crustaceans that burrow in mud or under stones in shallow water along the seashore (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | armadillidiidae, family armadillidiidae, |
| definition | : | pill bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family oniscidae, oniscidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Isopoda (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family porcellionidae, porcellionidae, |
| definition | : | sow bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family orchestiidae, orchestiidae, |
| definition | : | beach fleas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family triopidae, triopidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Notostraca (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | balanidae, family balanidae, |
| definition | : | stalkless barnacles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lepadidae, lepadidae, |
| definition | : | goose barnacles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family peripatidae, peripatidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Onychophora (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family peripatopsidae, peripatopsidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Onychophora (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cicindelidae, family cicindelidae, |
| definition | : | tiger beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coccinellidae, family coccinellidae, |
| definition | : | the ladybugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | carabidae, family carabidae, |
| definition | : | ground beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lampyridae, lampyridae, |
| definition | : | fireflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cerambycidae, family cerambycidae, |
| definition | : | long-horned beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chrysomelidae, family chrysomelidae, |
| definition | : | leaf beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dermestidae, family dermestidae, |
| definition | : | carpet beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cleridae, family cleridae, |
| definition | : | beetles that prey on other insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lamellicornia, superfamily lamellicornia, |
| definition | : | scarabaeid beetles and stag beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family scarabaeidae, scarabaeidae, |
| definition | : | scarab or dung beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | melolonthidae, subfamily melolonthidae, |
| definition | : | considered a separate family in some classification systems (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cetoniidae, subfamily cetoniidae, |
| definition | : | considered a separate family in some classification systems (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lucanidae, lucanidae, |
| definition | : | stag beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | elateridae, family elateridae, |
| definition | : | click beetles and certain fireflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dytiscidae, family dytiscidae, |
| definition | : | water beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gyrinidae, gyrinidae, |
| definition | : | whirligig beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | anobiidae, family anobiidae, |
| definition | : | deathwatch beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | curculionidae, family curculionidae, |
| definition | : | true weevils: snout beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family meloidae, meloidae, |
| definition | : | blister beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ipidae, family scolytidae, ipidae, scolytidae, |
| definition | : | large family of bark-boring or wood-boring short-beaked beetles; very destructive to forest and fruit trees (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family staphylinidae, staphylinidae, |
| definition | : | rove beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tenebrionidae, tenebrionidae, |
| definition | : | a family of arthropods including darkling beetles and mealworms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bruchidae, family bruchidae, |
| definition | : | seed beetles (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pediculidae, pediculidae, |
| definition | : | true lice: human lice and related forms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phthiriidae, phthiriidae, |
| definition | : | crab lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pulicidae, pulicidae, |
| definition | : | many common fleas attacking humans and domestic animals (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cecidomyidae, family cecidomyidae, |
| definition | : | gall midges (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | muscoidea, superfamily muscoidea, |
| definition | : | two-winged flies especially the families: Muscidae; Gasterophilidae; Calliphoridae; Tachinidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family muscidae, muscidae, |
| definition | : | two-winged flies especially the housefly (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family glossinidae, glossinidae, |
| definition | : | flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | calliphoridae, family calliphoridae, |
| definition | : | blowflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tachinidae, tachinidae, |
| definition | : | parasites on other insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gasterophilidae, gasterophilidae, |
| definition | : | horse botflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cuterebridae, family cuterebridae, |
| definition | : | New World botflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hypodermatidae, family oestridae, hypodermatidae, oestridae, |
| definition | : | warble flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tabanidae, tabanidae, |
| definition | : | horseflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bombyliidae, family bombyliidae, |
| definition | : | bee flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | asilidae, family asilidae, |
| definition | : | robber flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family trephritidae, family trypetidae, trephritidae, trypetidae, |
| definition | : | fruit flies; some leaf miners (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | drosophilidae, family drosophilidae, |
| definition | : | fruit flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hippoboscidae, hippoboscidae, |
| definition | : | winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | culicidae, family culicidae, |
| definition | : | mosquitoes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ceratopogonidae, family ceratopogonidae, |
| definition | : | biting midges; sand flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chironomidae, family chironomidae, |
| definition | : | midges (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mycetophylidae, mycetophilidae, |
| definition | : | fungus gnats (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family psychodidae, psychodidae, |
| definition | : | very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sciaridae, sciaridae, |
| definition | : | fungus gnats (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tipulidae, tipulidae, |
| definition | : | crane flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family simuliidae, simuliidae, |
| definition | : | blackflies and sand flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | apoidea, superfamily apoidea, |
| definition | : | bees (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | apidae, family apidae, |
| definition | : | honeybees; carpenter bees; bumblebees (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | andrenidae, family andrenidae, |
| definition | : | a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family halictidae, halictidae, |
| definition | : | a family of small solitary bees; many are valuable pollinators for agriculture (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family megachilidae, megachilidae, |
| definition | : | leaf-cutting and mason bees (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family vespidae, vespidae, |
| definition | : | an arthropod family of the order Hymenoptera including: yellow jackets; hornets; mason wasps (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sphecoidea, superfamily sphecoidea, |
| definition | : | families Sphecidae and Stizidae (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sphecidae, sphecidae, |
| definition | : | mud daubers; some digger wasps (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family stizidae, stizidae, |
| definition | : | cicada killers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cynipidae, family cynipidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Hymenoptera (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chalcidae, chalcididae, family chalcidae, family chalcididae, |
| definition | : | an arthropod family including: chalcidflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family ichneumonidae, ichneumonidae, |
| definition | : | ichneumon flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tenthredinidae, tenthredinidae, |
| definition | : | sawflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family formicidae, formicidae, |
| definition | : | ants (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dorylinae, subfamily dorylinae, |
| definition | : | army ants (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family termitidae, termitidae, |
| definition | : | termites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family rhinotermitidae, rhinotermitidae, |
| definition | : | large widely distributed family of termites of temperate to tropical regions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mastotermitidae, mastotermitidae, |
| definition | : | primitive termites (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family kalotermitidae, kalotermitidae, |
| definition | : | primitive termites of warm regions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | acrididae, family acrididae, family locustidae, locustidae, |
| definition | : | short-horned grasshoppers; true locusts (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tettigoniidae, tettigoniidae, |
| definition | : | long-horned grasshoppers; katydids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family stenopelmatidae, stenopelmatidae, |
| definition | : | long-horned grasshoppers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gryllidae, gryllidae, |
| definition | : | crickets (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phasmatidae, family phasmidae, phasmatidae, phasmidae, |
| definition | : | stick insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phillidae, family phyllidae, phillidae, phyllidae, |
| definition | : | leaf insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | blattidae, family blattidae, |
| definition | : | domestic cockroaches (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cryptocercidae, family cryptocercidae, |
| definition | : | a family of Blattodea (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family manteidae, family mantidae, manteidae, mantidae, |
| definition | : | mantises (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | capsidae, family capsidae, family miridae, miridae, |
| definition | : | leaf bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tingidae, tingidae, |
| definition | : | lace bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lygaeidae, lygaeidae, |
| definition | : | lygaeid bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coreidae, family coreidae, |
| definition | : | squash bugs and leaf-footed bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cimicidae, family cimicidae, |
| definition | : | wingless flat-bodied bloodsucking insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family notonectidae, notonectidae, |
| definition | : | aquatic carnivorous insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | belostomatidae, family belostomatidae, |
| definition | : | water bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family nepidae, nepidae, |
| definition | : | water scorpions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | corixidae, family corixidae, |
| definition | : | water bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gerridae, family gerrididae, gerridae, gerrididae, |
| definition | : | an arthropod family that includes water striders (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family reduviidae, reduviidae, |
| definition | : | assassin bugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pyrrhocoridae, pyrrhocoridae, |
| definition | : | firebugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aleyrodidae, family aleyrodidae, |
| definition | : | whiteflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coccoidea, superfamily coccoidea, |
| definition | : | scale insects and mealybugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | coccidae, family coccidae, |
| definition | : | scale insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | diaspididae, family diaspididae, |
| definition | : | armored scales (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | dactylopiidae, family dactylopiidae, |
| definition | : | cochineal insects (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pseudococcidae, pseudococcidae, |
| definition | : | scalelike insects: mealybugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aphidoidea, superfamily aphidoidea, |
| definition | : | plant lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | aphididae, family aphididae, |
| definition | : | small soft-bodied plant lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | adelgidae, family adelgidae, |
| definition | : | plant lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family phylloxeridae, phylloxeridae, |
| definition | : | plant lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chermidae, family chermidae, family psyllidae, psyllidae, |
| definition | : | jumping plant lice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cicadidae, family cicadidae, |
| definition | : | cicadas (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cercopidae, family cercopidae, |
| definition | : | froghoppers or spittlebugs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cicadellidae, family cicadellidae, |
| definition | : | leafhoppers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family jassidae, jassidae, |
| definition | : | family of small leafhoppers coextensive with the Cicadellidae and not distinguished from it in some classifications (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family membracidae, membracidae, |
| definition | : | plant hoppers: treehoppers (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family fulgoridae, fulgoridae, |
| definition | : | plant hoppers: lantern flies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family psocidae, psocidae, |
| definition | : | a family of small soft-bodied insects that feed on decaying vegetation; related to booklice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | atropidae, family atropidae, |
| definition | : | booklice (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ephemeridae, family ephemeridae, |
| definition | : | mayflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family myrmeleontidae, myrmeleontidae, |
| definition | : | antlions (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | chrysopidae, family chrysopidae, |
| definition | : | green lacewings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family hemerobiidae, hemerobiidae, |
| definition | : | brown lacewings (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | corydalidae, family corydalidae, |
| definition | : | dobsons (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sialidae, sialidae, |
| definition | : | an arthropod family including: alderflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family raphidiidae, raphidiidae, |
| definition | : | a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family mantispidae, mantispidae, |
| definition | : | mantispids (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sisyridae, sisyridae, |
| definition | : | an arthropod family of the order Neuroptera that includes spongeflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lepismatidae, lepismatidae, |
| definition | : | firebrats (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family machilidae, machilidae, |
| definition | : | jumping bristletails (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family thripidae, thripidae, |
| definition | : | thrips (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family forficulidae, forficulidae, |
| definition | : | typical earwigs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family nymphalidae, nymphalidae, |
| definition | : | large beautifully colored butterflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family satyridae, satyridae, |
| definition | : | a widely distributed family of butterflies common near the edges of woods (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | danaidae, family danaidae, |
| definition | : | small family of usually tropical butterflies: monarch butterflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pieridae, pieridae, |
| definition | : | arthropod family including cabbage butterflies; sulphur butterflies (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lycaenidae, lycaenidae, |
| definition | : | family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tortricidae, tortricidae, |
| definition | : | leaf rollers and codling moths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lymantriidae, lymantriidae, |
| definition | : | tussock moths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family geometridae, geometridae, |
| definition | : | measuring worms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family pyralidae, family pyralididae, pyralidae, pyralididae, |
| definition | : | bee moths; corn borers; flour moths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | superfamily tineoidea, tineoidea, |
| definition | : | clothes moths; carpet moths; leaf miners (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family tineidae, tineidae, |
| definition | : | clothes moths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gracilariidae, gracilariidae, gracillariidae, |
| definition | : | leaf miners (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family gelechiidae, gelechiidae, |
| definition | : | important economic pests (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family noctuidae, noctuidae, |
| definition | : | cutworms; armyworms (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family sphingidae, sphingidae, |
| definition | : | hawkmoths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bombycidae, family bombycidae, |
| definition | : | Chinese silkworm moth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family saturniidae, saturniidae, |
| definition | : | important and widely distributed family of moths including some of the largest insects known (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | arctiidae, family arctiidae, |
| definition | : | tiger moths (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | family lasiocampidae, lasiocampidae, |
| definition | : | tent caterpillars; eggars; lappet moths (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia, |
| definition | : | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals (noun.animal) |
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