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Hippoboscidae
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Translingual
right|thumb|Hippobosca equina species
Etymology
From mul Hippobosca idae, from mul grc ἵππος horse + mul grc βόσκω feed, nourish.
Proper noun
family order Diptera the keds or louse flies, obligate parasites of mammals and birds
Hypernyms
family ; Brachycera suborder suborder; Muscomorpha infraorder infraorder; Schizophora section section; Calyptrata subsection subsection; Hippoboscoidea superfamily superfamily
Hyponyms
family Ornithomyinae subfamily, Hippoboscinae subfamily, Lipopteninae subfamily subfamilies
Allobosca genus, Austrolfersia genus, Crataerina genus, Hippobosca genus, Icosta genus, Lipoptena genus, Melophagus genus, Microlynchia genus, Myophthiria genus, Neolipoptena genus, Olfersia genus, Ornithoctona genus, Ornithoica genus, Ornithomya genus, Ornithophila genus, Ortholfersia genus, Phthona genus, Proparabosca Theodor genus, Pseudolynchia genus, Stilbometopa genus, Struthibosca genus genera
References
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