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HORSE TICK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does horse tick mean?
• HORSE TICK (noun)
The noun HORSE TICK has 1 sense:
1. winged fly parasitic on horses
Familiarity information: HORSE TICK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Winged fly parasitic on horses
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Hippobosca equina; horse tick; horsefly
Hypernyms ("horse tick" is a kind of...):
hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)
Holonyms ("horse tick" is a member of...):
genus Hippobosca; Hippobosca (type genus of the Hippoboscidae)
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