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TACHINA FLY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does tachina fly mean?
• TACHINA FLY (noun)
The noun TACHINA FLY has 1 sense:
1. bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects
Familiarity information: TACHINA FLY used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
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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