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n. 1. 1 a large family of solitary short-tongued bees most of which burrow in the ground.
Syn. -- family Andrenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of feather stars; formerly called family Comatulidae.
Syn. -- family Antedonidae [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the classes of Arthropoda. See Illustration in Appendix. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ They have four pairs of legs, no antennæ nor wings, a pair of mandibles, and one pair of maxillæ or palpi. The head is usually consolidated with the thorax. The respiration is either by trancheæ or by pulmonary sacs, or by both. The class includes three principal orders: Araneina, or spiders; Arthrogastra, including scorpions, etc.; and Acarina, or mites and ticks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ Gr. &unr_; spider. ] (Zool.) One of the Arachnida. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. 1. 1 a family of small marine soft-finned fishes with long silvery bodies; related to salmons and trouts.
Syn. -- family Argentinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

{ ‖‖‖ } n. pl. [ NL., fr. Gr. 'a priv. + &unr_; a tube. ] (Zool.) A group of bivalve mollusks destitute of siphons, as the oyster; the asiphonate mollusks. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a family comprising the right whales.
Syn. -- family Balaenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the true toads.
Syn. -- family Bufonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of large wading birds resembling the plovers; the stone curlews.
Syn. -- family Burhinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of doglike mammals including the domestic dogs, wolves, jackals, foxes, hyenas, and coyotes.
Syn. -- family Canidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of insects including the biting midges and sand flies.
Syn. -- family Ceratopogonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family comprising the Old World chameleons; in some classifications Rhiptoglossa is considered a superfamily of Sauria.
Syn. -- family Chamaeleontidae, family Chamaeleonidae, Rhiptoglossa, family Rhiptoglossa. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. former name of the family Characidae.
Syn. -- family Characinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of viviparous blennies of temperate and tropical seas.
Syn. -- family Clinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

‖n.; pl. Cnidæ [ NL., fr. Gr. kni`dh nettle, sea nettle. ] (Zool.) One of the peculiar stinging cells found in Cœlenterata; a nematocyst; a lasso cell. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖n. pl. [ NL. See Cnida. ] (Zool.) A comprehensive group equivalent to the true Cœlenterata, i. e., exclusive of the sponges. They are so named from presence of stinging cells (cnidae) in the tissues. See Coelenterata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. a natural family of soft-finned fishes comprising the freshwater whitefishes; formerly included in the family Salmonidae.
Syn. -- family Coregonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. shrimps.
Syn. -- family Crangonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. a natural family of fishes including the carp; tench; roach; rudd; and dace.
Syn. -- family Cyprinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. [ Cf. F. échinide. ] (Zoöl.) One the Echinoidea. [ 1913 Webster ]

‖def>Gregarinæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of birds including the swallows and martins.
Syn. -- family Hirundinidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. The natural family of primates including modern man and the extinct immediate ancestors of man.
Syn. -- family Hominidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of canids comprising the hyenas.
Syn. -- family Hyaenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. (Zool.) Of or pertaining to the Ichneumonidæ, or ichneumon flies. -- n. One of the Ichneumonidæ. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. A natural family of New World lizards including the common Iguana, Iguana iguana.
Syn. -- family Iguanidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of fish which in some classifications is considered a separate family comprising the oceanic bonitos.
Syn. -- family Kasuwonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A natural family of oceanic sharks.
Syn. -- family Lamnidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

n. A natural family of small usually brilliantly colored butterflies; males have short forelegs.
Syn. -- family Lycaenidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

a. [ L. nidamentum materials for a nest, fr. nidus nest. See Nest. ] (Zool.) Of, pertaining to, or bearing, eggs or egg capsules; as, the nidamental capsules of certain gastropods; nidamental glands. See Illust. of Dibranchiata. [ 1913 Webster ]

n. [ L. nidus a nest. ] A collection of nests. [ R. ] velyn. [ 1913 Webster ]

prop. n. A natural family of mammals including pikas and extinct forms.
Syn. -- family Ochotonidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of birds consisting of the pelicans.
Syn. -- family Pelecanidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

prop. n. A natural family of fowl including the pheasants, quails, and partridges.
Syn. -- family Phasianidae. [ WordNet 1.5 ]