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Hippelates

noun Hip·pe·la·tes \ˌhip-ə-ˈlāt-(ˌ)ēz\

Medical Definition of HIPPELATES

:  a genus of small black American eye gnats of the family Chloropidae including some that are held to be vectors of conjunctivitis or yaws

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