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Apidae
Apidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Apidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Hymenoptera – most bees, including the honeybees, bumblebees, and carpenter bees.
Hypernyms
- (family): Insecta - class; Dicondylia - clade; Pterygota - subclass; Metapterygota - clade; Neoptera - infraclass; Eumetabola, Endopterygota - clades; Hymenopterida - superorder; Hymenoptera - order; Apocrita - suborder; Apoidea - superfamily
Hyponyms
- (family): Apinae, Andreninae, Nomadinae, Xylocopinae - subfamilies