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Noun: family name  fa-mu-lee neym
  1. The name used to identify the members of a family (as distinguished from each member's given name)
    - surname, cognomen, last name

Derived forms: family names

Type of: name

Encyclopedia: Family name

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family Myrmeleontidae
family Myrsinaceae
family Myrtaceae
family Mysidae
family Mytilidae
family Myxinidae
family Myxobacteriaceae
family Myxophyceae
family Naiadaceae
family Najadaceae
family name
family Naticidae
family Nautilidae
family Nepenthaceae
family Nephropsidae
family Nepidae
family Neritidae
family Nidulariaceae
family Nitrobacteriaceae
family Noctuidae
family Nostocaceae