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FAMILY BOMBYLIIDAE

• FAMILY BOMBYLIIDAE (noun)
The noun FAMILY BOMBYLIIDAE has 1 sense:

1. bee flies

Familiarity information: FAMILY BOMBYLIIDAE used as a noun is very rare.

• FAMILY BOMBYLIIDAE (noun)

Sense 1

family Bombyliidae ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

Bee flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Bombyliidae; family Bombyliidae

Hypernyms ("family Bombyliidae" is a kind of...):

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "family Bombyliidae"):

bee fly (hairy nectar-eating fly that resembles a bee; larvae are parasitic on larvae of bees and related insects)

Holonyms ("family Bombyliidae" 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)

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"He who has nothing will not eat. If you want flour, go gather chestnuts."
(Corsican proverb)

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