tach|i|na fly

tach|i|na fly
tach|i|na fly «TAK uh nuh»,
any one of a group of dipterous insects resembling the housefly whose larvae are parasitic in caterpillars and other insects.
[< New Latin Tachina the genus name < Greek tachin swift]

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