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Chironomidae
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Translingual
Etymology
From mul Chironomus idae.
Proper noun
family order Diptera the chironomids or non-biting midges, a family of true fly true flies widely distributed in aquatic and semi-aquatic habitats
en mul P. D. Armitage P. S. Cranston; L. C. V. Pinder 1995 The Chironomidae: Biology and Ecology of Non-biting Midges Chapman and Hall, Inc. London Fossil head capsules of the Chironomidae have proven useful as indicators of past climatic change.
Hypernyms
family
Hyponyms
family Aphroteniinae subfamily, Buchonomyiinae subfamily, Chilenomyinae subfamily, Chironominae subfamily, Diamesinae subfamily, Orthocladiinae subfamily, Podonominae subfamily, Prodiamesinae subfamily, Tanypodinae subfamily, Telmatogetoninae subfamily, Usambaromyiinae subfamily - subfamilies
References
mul Culicomorphs