- family Bittacidae
- nouna family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera• Syn: ↑Bittacidae• Hypernyms: ↑family• Member Holonyms: ↑Mecoptera, ↑order Mecoptera• Member Meronyms: ↑hanging fly
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
family Bittacidae
Look at other dictionaries:
Bittacidae — noun a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera • Syn: ↑family Bittacidae • Hypernyms: ↑family • Member Holonyms: ↑Mecoptera, ↑order Mecoptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mongolbittacus — daohugoensis Temporal range: Middle Jurassic, 165 Ma … Wikipedia
hanging fly — noun any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae • Hypernyms: ↑mecopteran • Member Holonyms: ↑Bittacidae, ↑family Bittacidae * * * noun : a mecopterous insect of the family Bittacidae … Useful english dictionary
Mecoptera — noun an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip • Syn: ↑order Mecoptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑mecopterous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • Member Holonyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Mecoptera — noun an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip • Syn: ↑Mecoptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑mecopterous (for: ↑Mecoptera) • Hypernyms: ↑an … Useful english dictionary
hangingfly — /hang ing fluy /, n., pl. hangingflies. a small, long legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind… … Universalium
hangingfly — /hang ing fluy /, n., pl. hangingflies. a small, long legged scorpionfly of the family Bittacidae, resembling the crane fly but having four wings rather than two and hanging from leaves or twigs by the front or middle legs while using the hind… … Useful english dictionary
Mecoptera — Temporal range: Permian Recent 299–0 Ma … Wikipedia
Hangingfly — Taxobox image caption = probably Harpobittacus tillyardi image width = 240px name = Hangingflies regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda classis = Insecta ordo = Mecoptera familia = Bittacidae familia authority = Handlirsch, 1906 diversity link =… … Wikipedia
