Definition of Hippoboscid

1. Noun. Bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals.


Definition of Hippoboscid

1. Noun. Any of the species in the ''Hippoboscidae'' family of parasitic flies. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippoboscid

hippies
hippiest
hippin
hippiness
hippinesses
hipping
hippings
hippins
hippish
hippity-hop
hippo
hippo-
hippo flies
hippo fly
hippobosca
hippoboscid (current term)
hippoboscids
hippocalcin
hippocamp
hippocampal
hippocampal commissure
hippocampal fissure
hippocampal sclerosis
hippocampal sulcus
hippocampally
hippocampi
hippocampocortical
hippocamps

Literary usage of Hippoboscid

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1904)
"This is in sharp contrast to the hippoboscid wing, in which the veins are all shifted forward toward the anterior margin, leaving their whole posterior ..."

2. Psyche by Cambridge Entomological Club (1893)
"The general appearance of the fly is that of a particularly fine large silvery hippoboscid, with brown wings. Nevertheless, an examination shows it to be ..."

3. Entomological News and Proceedings of the Entomological Section of the by Entomological Section (1890)
"It will perhaps be remembered by some that an article in the last volume of ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS (vol. ii, pp. 105-6) on a new hippoboscid from Mexico, ..."

4. The California Spotted Owl: A Technical Assessment of Its Current Status. by Jared Verner (1994)
"(1992) reponed two species of hippoboscid flies from northern spotted owls in northwestern California. One species was found only once among the 382 owls ..."

5. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections by Smithsonian Institution (1908)
"The hippoboscid larva upon extrusion forthwith undergoes this process of external ... The hippoboscid female therefore extrudes the larva in a situation and ..."

6. The Development of the American Alligator (A. Mississippiensis) by Albert Moore Reese (1908)
"The hippoboscid larva upon extrusion forthwith undergoes this process of external ... The hippoboscid female therefore extrudes the larva in a situation and ..."

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