cecidomyidae

English Thesaurus

1. gall midges (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	gall gnat, gall midge, gallfly,
definition	:	fragile mosquito-like flies that produce galls on plants (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	genus mayetiola, mayetiola,
definition	:	a genus of Cecidomyidae (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	diptera, order diptera,
definition	:	a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies (noun.animal)