| Noun | 1. | family Hypodermatidae - warble flies arthropod family - any of the arthropods Diptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies genus Oestrus, Oestrus - type genus of the Oestridae: sheep botflies genus Hypoderma, Hypoderma - in some classifications considered the type genus of the family Hypodermatidae: warble flies |