"hippoboscid" meaning in English

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          "ref": "2005, M. J. Lehane, The Biology of Blood-Sucking in Insects, page 252",
          "text": "Various species of hippoboscid will attack humans, and the bite of the pigeon fly, Pseudolynchia canariensis, is said to be painful. Apart from the sheep ked, hippoboscids are of little importance to humans.",
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          "ref": "2009, Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden, editors, Medical and Veterinary Entomology, unnumbered page",
          "text": "Several hippoboscid flies have been identified as vectors of Haemoproteus species,haemosporidian blood parasites that cause bird malarias.",
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          "ref": "2007, Markus J. Peterson, Diseases and Parasites of Texas Quails, page 93",
          "text": "Howard (1981:52– 73) found 22.5 percent of 240 scaled quail collected in Pecos County infested with the hippoboscid fly Pseudolynchia canariensis (see table 6.4 for the prevalence of parasitic arthropods, nematodes, and cestodes found on scaled quail in Pecos County).",
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          "alt": "especially Melophagus ovinus",
          "sense": "parasitic fly of family Hippoboscidae",
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