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hippoboscid, a. and n.|hɪpəʊˈbɒsɪd|
[f. mod.L. Hippoboscidæ, f. hippo- + Gr. βόσκειν to feed: see -id2.]
(Of or pertaining to) a member of the family Hippoboscidæ of blood-sucking flies, sometimes called louse-flies, parasitic on mammals and birds.
1891Insect Life III. 357 Mr. Townsend read a paper on a remarkable new Hippoboscid..which had been taken on a bat. 1920Q. Rev. July 91 Tsetse-flies..are the nearest living relations of the Hippoboscid family. 1962W. R. Horsfall Med. Ent. v. 171 Nycteribiidae and Streblidae..live in the manner of the hippoboscid flies. 1972Nature 4 Feb. 249/1 Hippoboscids are at best poor fliers, with a strong tendency to wing degeneration. |