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Hippoboscidae

noun

winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies

• Syn: ↑family Hippoboscidae

• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera

• Member Meronyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid, ↑Hippobosca, ↑genus Hippobosca, ↑Melophagus, ↑genus Melophagus

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈbäs(k)əˌdē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Hippobosca, type genus + -idae

: a family of winged or wingless dipterans that comprise the louse flies, are bloodsucking parasites on birds and mammals, and are larviparous bringing forth single advanced larvae from time to time which almost immediately pupate — compare sheep ked

Useful english dictionary. 2012.