Hippoboscidae

Hippoboscidae
noun
winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies
Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family
Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera
Member Meronyms: ↑louse fly, ↑hippoboscid, ↑Hippobosca, ↑genus Hippobosca, ↑Melophagus, ↑genus Melophagus

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈbäs(k)əˌdē\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Hippobosca, type genus + -idae
: a family of winged or wingless dipterans that comprise the louse flies, are bloodsucking parasites on birds and mammals, and are larviparous bringing forth single advanced larvae from time to time which almost immediately pupate — compare sheep ked

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