Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Any of various bloodsucking dipteran flies of the family Tabanidae, which includes the horseflies and deerflies.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to the Tabanidæ; related to or resembling a tabanid.
- noun A fly of the family Tabanidæ; a horse-fly; a deer-fly; a gadfly or breeze.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or pertaining to the
horseflies of the family Tabanidae. - noun a
horsefly
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Anyone who has been bitten by a horsefly (formally, a tabanid) knows that they're much more irritating than your average midge or mosquito.
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Anyone who has been bitten by a horsefly (formally, a tabanid) knows that they're much more irritating than your average midge or mosquito.
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Anyone who has been bitten by a horsefly (formally, a tabanid) knows that they're much more irritating than your average midge or mosquito.
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Anyone who has been bitten by a horsefly (formally, a tabanid) knows that they're much more irritating than your average midge or mosquito.
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"We would like to mention that we are preparing a separate paper on the effect of stripes on host animals like zebra, okapi, etc. to the attraction of tabanid flies.
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"We would like to mention that we are preparing a separate paper on the effect of stripes on host animals like zebra, okapi, etc. to the attraction of tabanid flies.
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We show that such stripes make the host quite tabanid-repellent. "
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"We would like to mention that we are preparing a separate paper on the effect of stripes on host animals like zebra, okapi, etc. to the attraction of tabanid flies.
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"We would like to mention that we are preparing a separate paper on the effect of stripes on host animals like zebra, okapi, etc. to the attraction of tabanid flies.
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We show that such stripes make the host quite tabanid-repellent. "
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