MUTILLIDAE

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Meaning:

A family of wasps

Synonyms:

family Mutillidae; Mutillidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

hymenopter; hymenopteran; hymenopteron; hymenopterous insect (insects having two pairs of membranous wings and an ovipositor specialized for stinging or piercing)

Meronyms (members of "Mutillidae"):

velvet ant (a solitary wasp of the family Mutillidae; the body has a coat of brightly colored velvety hair and the females are wingless)

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