tabanid adjective & noun. ['tabǝnɪd, tǝ'banɪd] L19.
[from Latin tabanus gadfly, horsefly (used as mod. Latin genus name) + -ID³.]
A. adjective. Of, pertaining to, or designating the dipteran family Tabanidae, including horseflies and other large bloodsucking flies. L19.
b. noun. A fly of this family; a horsefly, a cleg. L19.

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