HyperDic: family_psychodidae

English > 1 sense of the expression family Psychodidae:
NOUNanimalfamily Psychodidae, Psychodidaevery small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter
English > family Psychodidae: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
MeaningVery small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies.
SynonymPsychodidae
Member ofNematocera, suborder Nematoceramosquitoes
MembersPhlebotomus, genus Phlebotomussmall bloodsucking sand flies that resemble moths
psychodidA fly of the family Psychodidae
Broaderarthropod familyAny of the arthropods

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