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Webster 1913 Edition

Hippobosca

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Hipˊpo-bos′ca

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Noun.

[NL., fr. Gr.

ἵπποσ

horse + [GREEK] to feed.]

(Zool.)

A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.

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Hipˊpo-bos′can

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Adj.