Found 2 items, similar to Horsefly.
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: Horsefly 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]