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Horsefly vs Tabanid - What's the difference?

horsefly | tabanid |

As nouns the difference between horsefly and tabanid

is that horsefly is any of several medium- to large flies, of the family tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or ) while tabanid is a horsefly.

As an adjective tabanid is

of or pertaining to species of the horsefly family, tabanidae .

horsefly

English

(wikipedia horsefly)

Alternative forms

* horse-fly * horse fly

Noun

(horseflies)
  • Any of several medium- to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or ).

    • Synonyms

    * (fly of family Tabanidae) cleg (dialectal), breezefly, gadfly

    Hyponyms

    * (individual species or subgroups of the family Tabanidae) deer fly, , March fly (Australia), zimb

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    tabanid

    English

    (wikipedia tabanid) (Tabanidae)

    Adjective

    (-)
  • Of or pertaining to species of the horsefly family, Tabanidae .

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • A horsefly.