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Tipulidae

noun

crane flies

• Syn: ↑family Tipulidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nematocera, ↑suborder Nematocera

• Member Meronyms: ↑crane fly, ↑daddy longlegs

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\\tə̇ˈpyüləˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Tipula, type genus + -idae

: a large family of long-legged usually slender two-winged flies comprising the crane flies and often resembling enormous mosquitoes

Useful english dictionary. 2012.