Horse-fly

  • 1Horse-fly — Tabanus sulcifrons[1] Scientific classification Kingdom …

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  • 2horse fly — horse′ fly or horse′fly n. ent any bloodsucking, usu. large fly of the family Tabanidae • Etymology: 1350–1400 …

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  • 3horse|fly — «HRS FLY», noun, plural flies. 1. any one of a group of large flies with two wings, the females of which bite animals, especially horses; gadfly. 2. any one of certain other flies which are troublesome to horses …

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  • 4horse fly — any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, esp. of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc. [1350 1400; ME horsfleeye] * * * ▪ insect  any member of the insect family Tabanidae (order Diptera), but more… …

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  • 5horse fly — noun large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals • Syn: ↑horsefly, ↑cleg, ↑clegg • Hypernyms: ↑gadfly • Member Holonyms: ↑Tabanidae, ↑family Tabanidae …

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  • 6horse-fly — n. Breese, gad fly …

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  • 7horse·fly — /ˈhoɚsˌflaı/ noun, pl flies [count] : a type of large biting fly …

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  • 8horse fly — tabanid …

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  • 10fly — fly1 flyable, adj. flyability, n. /fluy/, v., flew or, for 11, 19, flied, flown, flying, n., pl. flies. v.i. 1. to move through the air using wings …

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