Translingual

Proper noun

Phoridae

1. A taxonomic family within the superfamily Phoroidea – the phorid flies.

Hypernyms

• (family): Insecta - class; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Aschiza - section; Phoroidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Aenigmatiinae, Metopininae, Phorinae - subfamilies