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- proper noun A taxonomic
genus within thefamily Tabanidae — containing over 1,300species ofbloodsucking flies , includinggadflies ,horseflies , and breeze-flies; the females of many of them being capable of inflicting a severe and painful bite and, in some species, said to transmittrypanosomes .
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Examples
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A good-sized fly (Tabanus) was extremely numerous, and tormented us by its painful bite.
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A good-sized fly (Tabanus) was extremely numerous, and tormented us by its painful bite.
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It is supposed that flies belonging to the same genus as the horse-fly (_Tabanus_ and others), and the stable-fly (_Stomoxys_) and the horn-fly (_Hæmatobia_) are responsible for the spread of the disease.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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A good-sized fly (Tabanus) was extremely numerous, and tormented us by its painful bite.
Chapter VIII 1909
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I have determined that in the horsefly (_Tabanus atratus_) there are six rows of these vesicles, and that they are graduated in size.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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When the knobbed end of the balancers of the horsefly (_Tabanus atratus_, Comstock) [19] are examined with the microscope, the cuticle will be found to be set with minute hairs or setæ; some of these hairs penetrate both cuticle and hypoderm, are hollow, and receive into their hollows delicate nerve-fibrils.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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BALANCERS, of _Tabanus atratus_, 34; of _Chrysops niger_, 33; of _Diplosis resinicola_, 33.
The Dawn of Reason or, Mental Traits in the Lower Animals James Weir 1881
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There are many different kinds, over one hundred species of the genus Tabanus alone, living in North America.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Our most common species is the "Green head," or Tabanus lineola.
Our Common Insects A Popular Account of the Insects of Our Fields, Forests, Gardens and Houses 1872
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Horse-flies (Tabanus) were too numerous, and drops of blood trickled down our mules 'faces where they had feasted.
The Naturalist in Nicaragua Thomas Belt 1855
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