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    FAMILY GLOSSINIDAE

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     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Flies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse fliesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Glossinidae; Glossinidae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Glossinidae"):

    genus Glossina (type genus of the Glossinidae: tsetse flies)

    Holonyms ("family Glossinidae" 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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