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单词 louse fly
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Definition of louse fly in English:

louse fly

noun
  • A flattened bloodsucking fly which may have reduced or absent wings and typically spends much of its life on one individual of the host species.

    Family Hippoboscidae: several genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Bat flies evolved closely with two other groups of blood sucking flies, the Hippoboscidae (louse flies), and the Glossinidae (Tsetse-flies).
    • Haemoproteus species are transmitted by biting midges (Citlicoides spp.; Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae).
    • Tick-like, with flattened bodies and grappling hook claws, the louse flies (family Hippoboscidae) are truly bizarre.
    • Other louse flies overwinter as puparia presumably on or under the surface of the soil.
    • These flies are also called louse flies and are ectoparasites on birds and mammals.
 
 

Definition of louse fly in US English:

louse fly

noun
  • A flattened bloodsucking fly which may have reduced or absent wings and typically spends much of its life on one individual of the host species.

    Family Hippoboscidae: several genera

    Example sentencesExamples
    • Tick-like, with flattened bodies and grappling hook claws, the louse flies (family Hippoboscidae) are truly bizarre.
    • These flies are also called louse flies and are ectoparasites on birds and mammals.
    • Bat flies evolved closely with two other groups of blood sucking flies, the Hippoboscidae (louse flies), and the Glossinidae (Tsetse-flies).
    • Other louse flies overwinter as puparia presumably on or under the surface of the soil.
    • Haemoproteus species are transmitted by biting midges (Citlicoides spp.; Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) and louse flies (Diptera: Hippoboscidae).
 
 
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