- family Gasterophilidae
- nounhorse botflies• Syn: ↑Gasterophilidae• Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family• Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera• Member Meronyms: ↑Gasterophilus, ↑genus Gasterophilus
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family Gasterophilidae
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Gasterophilidae — noun horse botflies • Syn: ↑family Gasterophilidae • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod family • Member Holonyms: ↑Diptera, ↑order Diptera • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Gasterophilidae — A family of botflies (or warble flies) that produce enteric myiasis in members of the horse family (genus Gasterophilus), in rhinoceroses (genus Gyrostigma), and in elephants (genera Cobboldia, Platycobboldia, and Rodhainomyia). SYN:… … Medical dictionary
arthropod family — noun any of the arthropods • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Phalangiidae, ↑family Phalangiidae, ↑Argiopidae, ↑family Argiopidae, ↑orb weaver, ↑Theridiidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Diptera — noun a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies • Syn: ↑order Diptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑dipterous • Hypernyms: ↑animal order • … Useful english dictionary
order Diptera — noun a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies • Syn: ↑Diptera • Derivationally related forms: ↑dipterous (for: ↑Diptera) • Hypernyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Gasterophilus — noun type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies • Syn: ↑genus Gasterophilus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gasterophilidae, ↑family Gasterophilidae • Member M … Useful english dictionary
genus Gasterophilus — noun type genus of the Gasterophilidae: horse botflies • Syn: ↑Gasterophilus • Hypernyms: ↑arthropod genus • Member Holonyms: ↑Gasterophilidae, ↑family Gasterophilidae • Member Meronyms … Useful english dictionary
dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… … Universalium
horsefly — [hôrs′flī΄] n. pl. horseflies 〚ME hors fleege〛 1. any of a number of large dipterous flies (family Tabanidae), the female of which sucks the blood of horses, cattle, etc. 2. any of various other dipterous flies that bite or infest horses, esp.… … Universalium
horsefly — [hôrs′flī΄] n. pl. horseflies [ME hors fleege] 1. any of a number of large dipterous flies (family Tabanidae), the female of which sucks the blood of horses, cattle, etc. 2. any of various other dipterous flies that bite or infest horses, esp.… … English World dictionary
