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DEFINITIONS OF:
horsefly
1
n
winged fly parasitic on horses
Synonyms:
Hippobosca equina
,
horse tick
Type of:
hippoboscid
,
louse fly
bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals
n
large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
Synonyms:
cleg
,
clegg
,
horse fly
Type of:
gadfly
any of various large flies that annoy livestock
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