family notonectidae

English Thesaurus

1. aquatic carnivorous insects (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod family,
definition	:	any of the arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus notonecta, notonecta,
definition	:	type genus of the Notonectidae: backswimmers (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	hemiptera, order hemiptera,
definition	:	plant bugs; bedbugs; some true bugs; also includes suborders Heteroptera (true bugs) and Homoptera (e.g., aphids, plant lice and cicadas) (noun.animal)