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Psychodidae

noun

very small two-winged flies with hairy wings that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter: sand flies

• Syn: ↑family Psychodidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Nematocera, ↑suborder Nematocera

• Member Meronyms: ↑psychodid, ↑Phlebotomus, ↑genus Phlebotomus

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\\sīˈkädəˌdē, -kōd-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

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

: a family of very small two-winged flies (suborder Nematocera) having hairy wings resembling those of moths and larvae that develop in moss and damp vegetable matter — see phlebotomus

Useful english dictionary. 2012.