Definition of Hippoboscidae

1. Noun. Winged or wingless dipterans: louse flies.


Medical Definition of Hippoboscidae

1. A family of winged and wingless flies (order Diptera) that are parasitic on birds and mammals; it includes the genera Hippobosca and Melophagus. (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Hippoboscidae

Hingham
Hinglish
Hinman
Hinman syndrome
Hinomaru
Hintikka set
Hintikkian
Hinton
Hinton test
Hipparchus
Hippeastrum puniceum
Hippel
Hippelates
Hippo Regius
Hippobosca equina
Hippoboscidae (current term)
Hippocastanaceae
Hippocrates
Hippocrates of Cos
Hippocratic
Hippocratic oath
Hippocratic oaths
Hippocratism
Hippocrepis
Hippocrepis comosa
Hippodamia
Hippodamia convergens
Hippoglossoides
Hippoglossoides platessoides
Hippoglossus

Literary usage of Hippoboscidae

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Elements of medical zoology by Alfred Moquin-Tandon, Robert Thomas Hulme (1861)
"Action on man.—The Nepa bite very sharply, and cause a good deal of pain; the wound is not dangerous. § V. Hippoboscidae. Fig, 64. ..."

2. Illustrations of British Blood-sucking Flies by Ernest Edward Austen (1906)
"... a genus of Hippoboscidae : L. cervi(plates 33 and 34) parasitic on several species of deer, in Great Britain chiefly on the roe, both sexes sometimes ..."

3. The Canadian Entomologist by Entomological Society of Canada (1951- ), Entomological Society of Ontario (1893)
"Mere specialization is never a test of rank in itself, and any line of argument that places the Hippoboscidae at the head of the insects as the highest in ..."

4. The Cambridge Natural History by Arthur Everett Shipley, Sidney Frederic Harmer (1899)
"Hippoboscidae live on birds, and are apparently specially fond of the Swallow tribe. ... The bird- infesting Hippoboscidae have been very little studied, ..."

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