Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Hippobosca"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hippobosca \Hip`po*bos"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "i`ppos horse + ?
to feed.] (Zo["o]l.)
A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse
tick. -- {Hip`po*bos"can}, a.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Hippobosca
n : type genus of the Hippoboscidae [syn: {Hippobosca}, {genus
Hippobosca}]
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