HIPPELATES


Meaning of HIPPELATES in English

ˌhipəˈlād.(ˌ)ēz noun

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Greek hippelatēs horse driver, from hipp- + elatēs driver (from elaunein to drive); from the large spurs

: a genus of small black American eye gnats (family Chloropidae) including some that are held to be vectors of pinkeye and yaws

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