| NOUN | animal | Bittacidae, family Bittacidae | a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera |
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| Meaning | A family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera. | |
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| Synonym | family Bittacidae | |
| Member of | Mecoptera, order Mecoptera | An order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip |
| Members | hanging fly | Any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae |
| Broader | family | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera |
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