TABANIDAE
\tˈabɐnˌɪdiː], \tˈabɐnˌɪdiː], \t_ˈa_b_ɐ_n_ˌɪ_d_iː]\
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horseflies
By Princeton University
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horseflies
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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A family of dipterous insects, of which Tabanus is the typical genus. They are popularly known by the names breeze, cleg, or gadfly, and are particularly annoying to cattle, the skins of which are often streaked with blood from their bites.
By Daniel Lyons
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Horse-flies.
By Willam Alexander Newman Dorland
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basidiomycota
- comprises fungi bearing the spores on basidium: Gasteromycetes (puffballs); Tiliomycetes (comprising orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts)); Hymenomycetes (mushrooms; toadstools; agarics; bracket fungi); in some classification systems considered a division of kingdom comprises fungi bearing spores on a basidium; includes Gasteromycetes (puffballs) Tiliomycetes comprising the orders Ustilaginales (smuts) and Uredinales (rusts) Hymenomycetes (mushrooms, toadstools, agarics bracket fungi).