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louse fly

DEFINITIONS OF: louse fly

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n bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals

Synonyms:
hippoboscid
Types:
Hippobosca equina, horse tick, horsefly
winged fly parasitic on horses
Melophagus Ovinus, sheep ked, sheep tick, sheep-tick
wingless fly that is an external parasite on sheep and cattle
Type of:
dipteran, dipteron, dipterous insect, two-winged insects
insects having usually a single pair of functional wings (anterior pair) with the posterior pair reduced to small knobbed structures and mouth parts adapted for sucking or lapping or piercing
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