Translingual

Proper noun

Phoroidea

1. A taxonomic superfamily within the order Diptera – the phorid and related flies.

Hypernyms

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

Hyponyms

• (superfamily): Lonchopteridae, Ironomyiidae, Sciadoceridae, Phoridae - families