: 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
Other Words from tachinid
tachinidadjective
First Known Use of tachinid
1888, in the meaning defined above
History and Etymology for tachinid
New Latin Tachinidae, from Tachina, genus of flies, from Greek tachinos fleet, from tachys swift