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Webster 1913 Edition
Hippobosca
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Hipˊpo-bos′ca
,Noun.
[NL., fr. Gr.
ἵπποσ
horse + [GREEK] to feed.] (Zool.)
A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.
– Hipˊpo-bos′can
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, Adj.
Definition 2024
Hippobosca
Hippobosca
Translingual
Proper noun
Hippobosca f
- A taxonomic genus within the family Hippoboscidae – certain parasitic flies.
Hypernyms
- (genus): Insecta - class; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Calyptrata - subsection; Hippoboscoidea - superfamily; Hippoboscidae - family; Hippoboscinae - subfamily