HyperDic: family_glossinidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Glossinidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Glossinidae, Glossinidaeflies closely related to the Muscidae
English > family Glossinidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningflies closely related to the Muscidae: tsetse flies.
SynonymGlossinidae
Member ofDiptera, order DipteraA large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths
Membersgenus Glossinatype genus of the Glossinidae
Broaderarthropod familyAny of the arthropods

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