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Chironomidae
Chironomidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Chironomidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the chironomids or non-biting midges, a family of true flies widely distributed in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats.
- 1995, Armitage, P. D., P. S. Cranston, and L. C. V. Pinder, editors, The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges, London: Chapman and Hall, Inc.:
- Fossil head capsules of the Chironomidae have proven useful as indicators of past climatic change.
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Hyponyms
- (family): Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyinae, Chironominae, Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Podonominae, Prodiamesinae, Tanypodinae, Telmatogetoninae, Usambaromyiinae - subfamilies
chironomidae
Chironomidae
Translingual
Proper noun
Chironomidae
- A taxonomic family within the order Diptera – the chironomids or non-biting midges, a family of true flies widely distributed in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats.
- 1995, Armitage, P. D., P. S. Cranston, and L. C. V. Pinder, editors, The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges, London: Chapman and Hall, Inc.:
- Fossil head capsules of the Chironomidae have proven useful as indicators of past climatic change.
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Hyponyms
- (family): Aphroteniinae, Buchonomyiinae, Chilenomyinae, Chironominae, Diamesinae, Orthocladiinae, Podonominae, Prodiamesinae, Tanypodinae, Telmatogetoninae, Usambaromyiinae - subfamilies