The Collaborative International Dictionary
Tabanus
Tabanus \Ta*ba"nus\, n. [L., horsefly.] (Zo["o]l.) A genus of blood sucking flies, including the horseflies.
Usage examples of "tabanus".
I woke up at the back door of heaven, an odious large insect, Tabanus atratus perhaps, with noisy wings and wicked mandibles, buzzing about a mound of godshit.
I described a new tabanus,--horsefly, you know,--which, I think, had escaped notice.