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    FAMILY OESTRIDAE

    Pronunciation (US): Play  (GB): Play

     I. (noun) 

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    Meaning:

    Warble fliesplay

    Synonyms:

    family Hypodermatidae; family Oestridae; Hypodermatidae; Oestridae

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting animals

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

    arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

    Meronyms (members of "family Oestridae"):

    genus Oestrus; Oestrus (type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies)

    genus Hypoderma; Hypoderma (in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies)

    Holonyms ("family Oestridae" 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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