genus Haematobia

Thesaurus

Noun

1.genus Haematobia - European genus of bloodsucking fliesHaematobiaarthropod genus - a genus of arthropodsDiptera, order Diptera - a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane fliesHaematobia irritans, horn fly - small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn