Pronunciation: ' ta-k ə -n ə d, - ˌ nid
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Tachinidae, from Tachina, genus of flies, from Greek tachinos fleet, from tachys swift
Date: 1888
: any of a family (Tachinidae) of bristly usually grayish or black dipteran flies whose parasitic larvae are often used in the biological control of insect pests
– tachinid adjective