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PHYLLIDAE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Leaf insects

Synonyms:

family Phillidae; family Phyllidae; Phillidae; Phyllidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Phyllidae"):

genus Phyllium; Phyllium (type genus of the Phyllidae)

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

order Phasmatodea; order Phasmida; Phasmatodea; Phasmida (in some classifications considered a suborder of Orthoptera: stick insects; leaf insects)

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