Definition of hippoboscid Hippoboscid
We found 3 definitions of hippoboscid from 3 different sources.
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What does hippoboscid mean?
WordNet
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| hippoboscid - bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals | ||
| louse fly | ||
| dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing | ||
| family hippoboscidae, hippoboscidae winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies | ||
| hippobosca equina, horse tick, horsefly winged fly parasitic on horses | ||
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Part of speech
🔤- hippoboscid, noun, singular of hippoboscids / hippoboscides.
