TACHINA FLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("tachina fly" is a kind of...):

fly (two-winged insects characterized by active flight)

Holonyms ("tachina fly" is a member of...):

family Tachinidae; Tachinidae (parasites on other insects)

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