Definition of Tachinid

1. Noun. Any insect of the family ''Tachinidae'', especially the tachina fly ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Tachinid

1. a grayish fly [n -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Tachinid

tache cerebrale
tache laiteuse
tache meningeale
tache noire
tacheometer
tacheometers
taches
tachetic
tachhydrite
tachi-seki
tachiai
tachimochi
tachina
tachina fly
tachinid (current term)
tachinids
tachionic
tachism
tachisme
tachismes
tachisms
tachist
tachiste
tachistes
tachistesthesia
tachistoscope
tachistoscopes
tachistoscopic
tachists

Literary usage of Tachinid

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

1. Psyche: A Journal of Entomology by Cambridge Entomological Club (1909)
"The tachinid was sent to Mr. CHT Townsend for identification. ... It is evident, therefore, that this tachinid deposits living larvae; whether upon the ..."

2. The Entomologist's Monthly Magazine by Nathaniel Lloyd and Company (1905)
"single specimens of each taken at Matley Bog on the same day (August 21st, 1903). —ID. Note on a, tachinid.—Dr. Chapman very kindly gave me a tachinid, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington by Entomological Society of Washington (1914)
"UHLER, PHILIPP REESE, Obituary of, 1; The writings of, 4. WALTON, WR: A new tachinid parasite of Diabrotica vittata, 11; Four new species of ..."

4. Biological Control of Insects and Mites: An Introduction to Beneficial by Daniel L. Mahr, Nino M. Ridgway (1993)
"tachinid flies differ in color, size, and shape, but many resemble house flies. ... This tachinid fly parasitizes tent caterpillars. Figure 43. ..."

5. Proceedings of the Hawaiian Entomological Society by Hawaiian Entomological Society (1906)
"They are subjected to the attacks of very similar parasites; Anasa is attacked by Trichopoda (a tachinid), by Telenomus and ..."

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