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Hippobosca

noun

type genus of the Hippoboscidae

• Syn: ↑genus Hippobosca

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus

• Member Holonyms: ↑Hippoboscidae, ↑family Hippoboscidae

• Member Meronyms: ↑horse tick, ↑horsefly, ↑Hippobosca equina

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\\ˌhipəˈbäskə\ noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from hipp- + -bosca (from Greek boskein to feed)

: the type genus of the family Hippoboscidae

Useful english dictionary. 2012.