Definition of Horsefly in English :

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Horsefly meaning in English

Meaning of Horsefly in English

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Horsefly

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Noun

1. hippobosca equina, horse tick, horsefly

winged fly parasitic on horses

2. cleg, clegg, horse fly, horsefly

large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

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Horsefly

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noun plural -flies
any large stout-bodied dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, the females of which suck the blood of mammals, esp horses, cattle, and man
. Also called: gadfly, cleg

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Horsefly

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nounWord forms: plural ˈhorseˌflies
1. 
any of a number of large dipterous flies (family Tabanidae), the female of which sucks the blood of horses, cattle, etc.
2. 
any of various other dipterous flies that bite or infest horses, esp. any of a family (Gasterophilidae) of botflies

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Horsefly

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n.
Any of numerous large biting tabanid flies, the females of which feed on the blood of various mammals.

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