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Horsefly - What does it mean?

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horsefly

English

(wikipedia horsefly)

Alternative forms

* horse-fly * horse fly

Noun

(horseflies)
  • Any of several medium- to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or ).

    • Synonyms

    * (fly of family Tabanidae) cleg (dialectal), breezefly, gadfly

    Hyponyms

    * (individual species or subgroups of the family Tabanidae) deer fly, , March fly (Australia), zimb

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    Not English

    has no English definition. It may be misspelled.