HIPPOBOSCA EQUINA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hippobosca equina mean? 

• HIPPOBOSCA EQUINA (noun)
  The noun HIPPOBOSCA EQUINA has 1 sense:

1. winged fly parasitic on horses

  Familiarity information: HIPPOBOSCA EQUINA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HIPPOBOSCA EQUINA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Winged fly parasitic on horses

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Hippobosca equina; horse tick; horsefly

Hypernyms ("Hippobosca equina" is a kind of...):

hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)

Holonyms ("Hippobosca equina" is a member of...):

genus Hippobosca; Hippobosca (type genus of the Hippoboscidae)