From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
Hippobosca
n : type genus of the Hippoboscidae [syn: Hippobosca, {genus
Hippobosca}]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Hippobosca \Hip`po*bos"ca\, n. [NL., fr. Gr. "i`ppos horse + ?
to feed.] (Zool.)
A genus of dipterous insects including the horsefly or horse
tick. -- Hip`po*bos"can, a.
[1913 Webster]