raphidiidae

English Thesaurus

1. a family of arthropods of the suborder Megaloptera, including snakeflies (noun.animal)

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

member holonym	:	snakefly,
definition	:	predatory insect of western North America having a long necklike prothorax (noun.animal)

member meronym	:	megaloptera, suborder megaloptera,
definition	:	in some classifications considered a separate order: alderflies; dobsonflies; snake flies (noun.animal)