tabanid
any of numerous bloodsucking flies of the family Tabanidae, comprising the deer flies and horse flies.
belonging or pertaining to the family Tabanidae.
Origin of tabanid
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How to use tabanid in a sentence
Many other species of tabanid, popularly called "Breeze Flies," are plentiful in this country.
Habits and life-histories of some flies of the family tabanid.
Handbook of Medical Entomology | William Albert RileyAs examples of the so-called free parasitism, the autumnal flies (tabanid) and Stomoxys may be cited.
Parasites | T. Spencer Cobbold
British Dictionary definitions for tabanid
/ (ˈtæbənɪd) /
any stout-bodied fly of the dipterous family Tabanidae, the females of which have mouthparts specialized for sucking blood: includes the horseflies
Origin of tabanid
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