Meaning

1 senses

  1. Any of the various species in the Hippoboscidae family of parasitic flies.

More definitions
  • bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals

Origin

From the translingual.

From the translingual.

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Forms

plural: hippoboscids
Singularhippoboscid
Pluralhippoboscids

regular

Synonyms

2 synonyms
parasitic fly of family Hippoboscidae:kedlouse fly
Close in meaning
  • bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals:louse fly

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
hipB1hippiehippohippopotamushippyhipster

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