Translingual

Proper noun

Melophagus m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Hippoboscidae – flies that are parasitic on certain ruminants.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Insecta - class; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Calyptrata - subsection; Hippoboscoidea - superfamily; Hippoboscidae - family; Lipopteninae - subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Melophagus antilopes, Melophagus ovinus (sheep ked), Melophagus rupicaprinus - species