tabanid

noun

Any of various bloodsucking dipteran flies of the family Tabanidae, which includes the horseflies and deerflies.

Pertaining to the Tabanidæ; related to or resembling a tabanid.

noun

A fly of the family Tabanidæ; a horse-fly; a deer-fly; a gadfly or breeze.

adjective

of or pertaining to the horseflies of the family Tabanidae.

noun

a horsefly