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ADELGIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Plant lice

Synonyms:

Adelgidae; family Adelgidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Adelgidae"):

Adelges; genus Adelges (type genus of the Adelgidae: plant lice)

adelgid (any of various insects that feed and form galls on conifers)

genus Pineus; Pineus (a genus of Adelgidae)

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

Aphidoidea; superfamily Aphidoidea (plant lice)

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