noun
bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
• Syn: ↑hippoboscid
• Hypernyms: ↑dipterous insect, ↑two-winged insects, ↑dipteran, ↑dipteron
• Hyponyms:
↑horse tick, ↑horsefly, ↑Hippobosca equina, ↑sheep ked, ↑sheep-tick, ↑sheep tick, ↑Melophagus Ovinus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Hippoboscidae, ↑family Hippoboscidae
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noun : an insect of the family Hippoboscidae
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n. a flattened bloodsucking fly that may have reduced or absent wings and typically spends much of its life on one individual of the host species. ● Family Hippoboscidae: several genera
Useful english dictionary. 2012.