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Definition: Stable fly
Stable
\Sta"ble\, n. [OF. estable, F. ['e]table, from L.
stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See
Stand, v. i.]
A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in;
esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a
horse stable; a cow stable. --Milton.
[1913 Webster]
Stable fly (Zo["o]l.), a common dipterous fly (
Stomoxys calcitrans
) which is abundant about stables and often
enters dwellings, especially in autumn; called also
biting house fly. These flies, unlike the common house
flies, which they resemble, bite severely, and are
troublesome to horses and cattle. They differ from the
larger
horse fly.
[1913 Webster]