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Tabanus


Ta-ba′nus

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Noun.
[L., horsefly.]
(Zool.)
A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.

Definition 2024


Tabanus

Tabanus

See also: tabanus

Translingual

Proper noun

Tabanus m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Tabanidae – over 1,300 species of bloodsucking flies, including gadflies, horseflies, and breezeflies, the females of many of which are capable of inflicting a severe and painful bite; in some species, said to transmit trypanosomes.

tabanus

tabanus

See also: Tabanus

Latin

Noun

tabānus m (genitive tabānī); second declension

  1. gadfly, horsefly

Derived terms

Inflection

Second declension.

Case Singular Plural
nominative tabānus tabānī
genitive tabānī tabānōrum
dative tabānō tabānīs
accusative tabānum tabānōs
ablative tabānō tabānīs
vocative tabāne tabānī

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