Oestroidea

Translingual

Etymology

Oestrus +‎ -oidea

Proper noun

Oestroidea

A taxonomic superfamily within the order Muscomorpha – blow flies, bot flies, flesh flies, etc.

Hypernyms

(superfmaily): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa – superphylum; Arthropoda – phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Holometabola - superorder; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Calyptrata - subsection

Hyponyms

(superfamily): Calliphoridae, Oestridae, Rhinophoridae, Sarcophagidae, Tachinidae - families

References

Oestroidea on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Oestroidea on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Category:Oestroidea on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons

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