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GENUS HAEMATOBIA
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
European genus of bloodsucking flies
Synonyms:
genus Haematobia; Haematobia
Classified under:
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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