Found 2 items, similar to blackfly.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: blackfly blackfly n 1: blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets [syn: bean aphid, Aphis fabae] 2: small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals [syn: black fly, buffalo gnat]
English → English (gcide) Definition: blackfly black fly \black fly\, blackfly \blackfly\, (Zo["o]l.) 1. In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of the genus Simulium of several species, exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests; -- called also buffalo gnat. The larv[ae] are aquatic. It sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals. [WordNet 1.5 + WordNet 1.5] 2. A black plant louse, as the bean aphis (Aphis fab[ae]), which infests e. g. beans and sugar beets; -- called also bean aphid. [WordNet 1.5]