Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A genus of parasitic dipterous insects, typical of the family Tachinidæ.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvæ are external parasites of other insects.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun zoology Any of the
genus Tachina of largetachinid flies , mostlyparasitoids onlepidopteran caterpillars .
Etymologies
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From the genus name.
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Examples
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But when we think what harmful, greedy things most caterpillars are, perhaps it is good that there are tachina-flies to eat them.
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919
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After they are satisfied they lie still in their brown skins and change into grown-up tachina-flies, and at last out come a lot of busy, _buzzing_, bothersome flies.
Little Busybodies The Life of Crickets, Ants, Bees, Beetles, and Other Busybodies Julia Moody 1919
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