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GENUS HAEMATOBIA

Pronunciation (US):

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

European genus of bloodsucking flies

Synonyms:

genus Haematobia; Haematobia

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("genus Haematobia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "genus Haematobia"):

Haematobia irritans; horn fly (small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn)

Holonyms ("genus Haematobia" is a member of...):

Diptera; order Diptera (a large order of insects having a single pair of wings and sucking or piercing mouths; includes true flies and mosquitoes and gnats and crane flies)

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