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hippo fly

hippo fly noun: a species of biting horsefly, found around southern Africa, Tabanus biguttatus.

hippo fly: a species of biting horsefly, found around southern Africa, Tabanus biguttatus
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Noun

hippo fly (plural hippo flies)

  1. A species of biting horsefly, found around southern Africa, Tabanus biguttatus.

hippo fly meaning in Tamil

hippo fly in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்

Forms of hippo fly

pluralhippo flies

Questions about hippo fly

What does hippo fly mean?
Hippo fly means a species of biting horsefly, found around southern Africa, Tabanus biguttatus.
What is hippo fly in Tamil?
Hippo fly in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Hippo fly meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is hippo fly?
Hippo fly is a noun.
What is the plural of hippo fly?
The plural of hippo fly is hippo flies.

Words near hippo fly in the dictionary

  1. Hipplers
  2. Hipples
  3. hippo
  4. hippo birdie two ewe
  5. hippo flies
  6. hippo fly
  7. hippo grass
  8. hippo grasses
  9. hippo-
  10. hippoboscid
  11. hippoboscids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: hippo fly (page history and authors); hippo fly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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