Tāch'y-drō'mi-an, n.

noun

n. [Fr. tachydromien, tachydrome, from Gr. ταχυδρόμος, fast running, from ταχύς, quick, and τρέχειν, ἔδραμον, to run, δρόμος, a course, a running.]

(Ornith.) One of a family of wading birds, allied to the plovers. Brande.
(Zoöl.) One of a certain tribe of saurian reptiles. Brande.
(Entom.) One of a certain family of dipterous insects. Brande.