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NOTONECTIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Aquatic carnivorous insects

Synonyms:

family Notonectidae; Notonectidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Notonectidae"):

genus Notonecta; Notonecta (type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers)

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

Hemiptera; order Hemiptera (plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas))

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