simulium

English Thesaurus

1. type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies (noun.animal)

hypernym	:	arthropod genus,
definition	:	a genus of arthropods (noun.animal)

member holonym	:	black fly, blackfly, buffalo gnat,
definition	:	small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	family simuliidae, simuliidae,
definition	:	blackflies and sand flies (noun.animal)