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GENUS HIPPOBOSCA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Hippobosca mean?
• GENUS HIPPOBOSCA (noun)
The noun GENUS HIPPOBOSCA has 1 sense:
1. type genus of the Hippoboscidae
Familiarity information: GENUS HIPPOBOSCA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Type genus of the Hippoboscidae
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
genus Hippobosca; Hippobosca
Hypernyms ("genus Hippobosca" is a kind of...):
arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)
Meronyms (members of "genus Hippobosca"):
Hippobosca equina; horse tick; horsefly (winged fly parasitic on horses)
Holonyms ("genus Hippobosca" is a member of...):
family Hippoboscidae; Hippoboscidae (winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies)
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