Dictionary entry

Tachina

Webster's Dictionary 1913

‖Tach″i‐na (?), n.; pl.Tachinæ (#). [NL., fr. Gr. ταχινόσ, for ταχύσ swift.] (Zoöl.) Any one of numerous species of Diptera belonging to Tachina and allied genera. Their larvæ are external parasites of other insects.