Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A member of the family Hippoboscidæ.
- Of or belonging to the dipterous family Hippoboscidæ.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun Any of the species in the Hippoboscidae family of
parasitic flies .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
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Or is there a connection with hippoboscid flies, a common ectoparasite of birds?
BIRDS ETCETERA—Birds, Birding, Birders, and Birdwatching John L. Trapp 2002
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