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tachinid, n. and a. Ent.|ˈtækɪnɪd|
[a. mod.L. family name Tachinidæ, f. generic name Tachina (J. M. Meigen 1803, in Mag. für Insektenkunde II. 280), f. Gr. ταχινή, fem. of ταχινός swift: see -id3.]
A. n. A small hairy fly of the family Tachinidæ, the larvæ of which are parasitic on other arthropods.
B. adj. Designating an insect of this family.
1888Insect Life I. 44 We also reared an undetermined Tachinid. 1901Knowledge Oct. 234/2 The ants..protect the caterpillars from the attacks of Ichneumon and Tachinid flies. 1925R. W. G. Hingston in E. F. Norton Fight for Everest 285 Tachinids were common at the edge of a torrent at 17,000 feet. 1954Borror & DeLong Introd. Study of Insects xxvii. 636 Tachinid Flies... All the tachinids are parasitic on other insects. 1972Nature 21 Jan. 135/3 Such long-established successes of biological control as that of the..coconut moth in Fiji by the tachinid parasite. 1979New Scientist 3 May 380/2 Rettenmayer watched the behaviour of the tachinid and conopid flies. |