family bittacidae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of predacious tropical insects of the order Mecoptera (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	family,
definition	:	(biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more genera (noun.group)

member holonym	:	hanging fly,
definition	:	any of various mecopterous insects of the family Bittacidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	mecoptera, order mecoptera,
definition	:	an order of carnivorous insects usually having long membranous wings and long beaklike heads with chewing mouths at the tip (noun.animal)