HORSE TICK

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Meaning:

Winged fly parasitic on horses

Synonyms:

Hippobosca equina; horse tick; horsefly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("horse tick" is a kind of...):

hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)

Holonyms ("horse tick" is a member of...):

genus Hippobosca; Hippobosca (type genus of the Hippoboscidae)

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