Translingual

Hippobosca equina

Proper noun

Hippoboscidae

1. A taxonomic family within the superfamily Hippoboscoidea – the keds or louse flies, obligate parasites of mammals and birds.

Hypernyms

• (family): Insecta - class; Diptera - order; Brachycera - suborder; Muscomorpha - infraorder; Schizophora - section; Calyptrata - subsection; Hippoboscoidea - superfamily

Hyponyms

• (family): Ornithomyinae, Hippoboscinae, Lipopteninae (subfamilies)
  • Allobosca, Austrolfersia, Crataerina, Hippobosca, Icosta, Lipoptena, Melophagus, Microlynchia, Myophthiria, Neolipoptena, Olfersia, Ornithoctona, Ornithoica, Ornithomya, Ornithophila, Ortholfersia, Phthona, Proparabosca Theodor, Pseudolynchia, Stilbometopa, Struthibosca (genera)