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    FAMILY CULICIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Mosquitoesplay

    Synonyms:

    Culicidae; family Culicidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Culicidae"):

    mosquito (two-winged insect whose female has a long proboscis to pierce the skin and suck the blood of humans and animals)

    wiggler; wriggler (larva of a mosquito)

    Aedes; genus Aedes (yellow-fever mosquitos)

    Anopheles; genus Anopheles (malaria mosquitoes; distinguished by the adult's head-downward stance and absence of breathing tubes in the larvae)

    Culex; genus Culex (type genus of the Culicidae: widespread genus of mosquitoes distinguished by holding the body parallel to the resting surface)

    Holonyms ("family Culicidae" is a member of...):

    Nematocera; suborder Nematocera (mosquitoes; fungus gnats; crane flies; gnats; sand flies)

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