Associations to the word «Tabanidae»

Wiktionary

TABANIDAE, proper noun. A taxonomic family within the order Diptera   — the horseflies.

Dictionary definition

TABANIDAE, noun. Horseflies.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats