genus melophagus

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   an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked

   SynonymsMelophagus

   Broaderarthropod genus

   Part ofHippoboscidae

Questions about genus melophagus

What does genus melophagus mean?

genus melophagus means "an arthropod genus of wingless flies including the sheep ked".

What is another word for genus melophagus?

Close synonyms include Melophagus. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus melophagus a common word?

genus melophagus is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.