Definitions for tabanid

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tabanid tab·a·nid

Spelling: [tab-uh-nid, tuh-bey-nid, - Tabanid is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 148 anagrams from letters in tabanid (aabdint).

Definitions for tabanid

noun

1. any of numerous bloodsucking flies of the family Tabanidae, comprising the deer flies and horse flies.

adjective

1. belonging or pertaining to the family Tabanidae.

Origin of tabanid

1890-95; New Latin Tabanidae name of the family, equivalent to Taban(us) a genus (Latin tabānus gadfly) + -idae -id²

Examples for tabanid

As examples of the so-called free parasitism, the autumnal flies (tabanid) and Stomoxys may be cited.

Many other species of tabanid, popularly called "Breeze Flies," are plentiful in this country.