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Webster 1913 Edition

Tachina

‖

Tach′i-na

,

Noun.

;

pl.

Tachinae

(#)

.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ταχινός

, for

ταχύσ

swift.]

(Zool.)

Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to

Tachina

and allied genera. Their larvae are external parasites of other insects.

Definition 2024

tachina

tachina

See also: Tachina

English

Noun

tachina ‎(plural tachinas or tachinae)

(zoology) Any of the genus Tachina of large tachinid flies, mostly parasitoids on lepidopteran caterpillars.