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English noun: hippoboscid

1. hippoboscid (animal) bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals


Synonymslouse fly


Broader (hypernym)dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects


Narrower (hyponym)Hippobosca equina, horse tick, horsefly, Melophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick, sheep-tick


Member meronymfamily Hippoboscidae, Hippoboscidae









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