HAEMATOBIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Haematobia mean? 

• HAEMATOBIA (noun)
  The noun HAEMATOBIA has 1 sense:

1. European genus of bloodsucking flies

  Familiarity information: HAEMATOBIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• HAEMATOBIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

European genus of bloodsucking flies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Haematobia; Haematobia

Hypernyms ("Haematobia" is a kind of...):

arthropod genus (a genus of arthropods)

Meronyms (members of "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 ("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)