Translingual

Proper noun

Muscidae

1. A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the flies.

Hypernyms

• (family): Insecta - class; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Calyptrata - subsection; Muscoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Atherigoninae, Azeliinae, Coenosiinae, Cyrtoneurininae, Muscinae, Mydaeinae, Phaoniinae - subfamilies