(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:09:47

Hip`po*bos"ca (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. horse + to feed.] Zool.

A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse tick.

-- Hip`po*bos"can (#), a.

 

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