Translingual

Ephydra hians, one of the Ephydroidea:

Proper noun

Ephydroidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Diptera – some acalyptrates.

Hypernyms

• (superfamily): Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Acalyptrata - subsection

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Curtonotidae (quasimodo flies), Camillidae, Diastatidae (bog flies), Drosophilidae (fruit flies and vinegar flies), Ephydridae (shore flies), Mormotomyiidae (the frightful hairy fly) (families)