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SIALIDAE

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

An arthropod family including: alderflies

Synonyms:

family Sialidae; Sialidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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

arthropod family (any of the arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "Sialidae"):

genus Sialis; Sialis (type genus of the Sialidae)

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

Megaloptera; suborder Megaloptera (in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies)

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