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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: horsefly
horsefly
n 1: winged fly parasitic on horses [syn:
horse tick,
Hippobosca equina
]
2: large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various
animals [syn:
cleg,
clegg,
horse fly]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Horseflies
Horsefly
\Horse"fly`\, n.; pl.
Horseflies.
1. (Zo["o]l.) Any dipterous fly of the family
Tabanid[ae],
that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
[1913 Webster]
Note: Of these flies there are numerous species, both in
Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with
four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also
breeze fly. See Illust. under
Diptera, and
Breeze fly
.
[1913 Webster]
2. (Zo["o]l.) The horse tick or forest fly (
Hippobosca).
[1913 Webster]
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