HyperDic: black_fly

English > 1 sense of the expression black fly:
NOUNanimalblack fly, blackfly, buffalo gnatsmall blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae
English > black fly: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaningsmall blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.
Synonymsblackfly, buffalo gnat
Member ofSimulium, genus Simuliumtype genus of the Simuliidae
BroadergnatAny of various small biting flies
Catalanmosca negra

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