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tachina

tachina


  1  definition  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Tachina  \Tach"i*na\,  n.;  pl  {Tachin[ae]}.  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  for 
  ?  swift.]  (Zo["o]l.) 
  Any  one  of  numerous  species  of  Diptera  belonging  to  {Tachina} 
  and  allied  genera.  Their  larv[ae]  are  external  parasites  of 
  other  insects.