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tachina

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See also: Tachina

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Etymology

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From the genus name.

Noun

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tachina (plural tachinas or tachinae)

  1. (zoology) Any of the genus Tachina of large tachinid flies, mostly parasitoids on lepidopteran caterpillars.
    Synonym: tachina fly

Anagrams

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French

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Noun

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tachina f (plural tachinas)

  1. Alternative spelling of tachine

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French taquiner.

Verb

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a tachina (third-person singular present tachinează, past participle tachinat) 1st conjugation

  1. to tease

Conjugation

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