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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
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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