We found 1 definitions of hippoboscides from 1 different sources.
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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 |