1. Bristly fly whose larvae live parasitically in caterpillars and other insects; important in control of noxious insects

Derived forms: tachina flies

Type of: fly

Part of: family Tachinidae, Tachinidae

• reappointment
• reapportion
• reapportionment
• reappraisal
• reappraise
• rear
• rear admiral
• rear back
• rear lamp
• rear light
• rear of barrel
• rear of tube
• rear window
• rear-end
• rearguard
• rearing
• rearm
• rearmament
• rearmost
• rearrange
• rearrangement
• rearrest
• rearview mirror
• rearward
• rearwards