family entomophthoraceae

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1. mostly parasitic lower fungi that typically develop in the bodies of insects (noun.plant)

hypernym	:	fungus family,
definition	:	includes lichen families (noun.plant)

member holonym	:	entomophthora, genus entomophthora,
definition	:	type genus of the Entomophthoraceae; fungi parasitic on insects (noun.plant)

member meronym	:	entomophthorales, order entomophthorales,
definition	:	coextensive with the family Entomophthoraceae (noun.plant)