tachinidn.adj.
/ˈtakɪnɪd/ Entomology.
A. n.
A small hairy fly of the family Tachinidæ, the larvæ of which are parasitic on other arthropods.
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tachinid1888
1888 Insect Life 1 44 We also reared an undetermined Tachinid.
1925 R. W. G. Hingston in E. F. Norton et al. Fight for Everest: 1924 285 Tachinids were common at the edge of a torrent at 17,000 feet.
1954 D. J. Borror & D. M. DeLong Introd. Study Insects xxvii. 636 Tachinid Flies... All the tachinids are parasitic on other insects.
B. adj.
Designating an insect of this family.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [adjective] > of member of family Tachinidae
tachinid1891
1891 Cent. Dict. Tachinid.
1901 Knowledge Oct. 234/2 The ants..protect the caterpillars from the attacks of Ichneumon and Tachinid flies.
1954 [see sense A.]. 1972 Nature 21 Jan. 135/3 Such long-established successes of biological control as that of the..coconut moth in Fiji by the tachinid parasite.
1979 New Scientist 3 May 380/2 Rettenmayer watched the behaviour of the tachinid and conopid flies.
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