SCENOPINIDAE


Meaning of SCENOPINIDAE in English

ˌsēnəˈpinəˌdē noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Scenopinus, type genus (perhaps modification of Greek skēnopoios one that makes tents, from skēno- — from skēnē tent — + poiein to make) + -idae — more at scene , poet

: a family of small elongated two-winged flies that sometimes congregate about windows — see window fly

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