Culicidae
Translingual
Etymology
Culex + -idae
Proper noun
Culicidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the mosquitoes.
Hypernyms
- (family): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Nematocera - suborder; Culicomorpha - infraorder; Culicoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Anophelinae, Culicinae, Toxorhynchitinae - subfamilies
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