- family Simuliidae
- nounblackflies and sand flies• Syn: ↑Simuliidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera• Member Meronyms: ↑Simulium, ↑genus Simulium
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family Simuliidae
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Simuliidae — noun blackflies and sand flies • Syn: ↑family Simuliidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Simuliidae — Sim·u·li·i·dae .sim yə lī ə .dē n pl a family of small biting dipteran flies including the blackflies and related pests and having larvae that usu. live in rapidly flowing water * * * Si·mu·li·i·dae (si″mu leґĭ de) a family of small… … Medical dictionary
arthropod family — noun any of the arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangiidae, ↑family Phalangiidae, ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb weaver, ↑Theridiidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Moutmout — Simulie Simulie … Wikipédia en Français
Simulie — Simulium yahense … Wikipédia en Français
dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… … Universalium
Black fly — Taxobox name = Black fly image width = 200px image caption = Simulium yahense regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera… … Wikipedia
Simulium — A genus of biting gnats or midges, the black flies, humpbacked flies, or buffalo gnats in the dipteran family Simuliidae. The aquatic larvae require swift flowing streams or highly oxygenated waters for their development, a critical epidemiologic … Medical dictionary
Diptera — noun a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies • Syn: ↑order Diptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑dipterous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • … Useful english dictionary
order Diptera — noun a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies • Syn: ↑Diptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑dipterous (for: ↑Diptera) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
