HyperDic: buffalo_gnat

English > 1 sense of the expression buffalo gnat:
NOUNanimalbuffalo gnat, blackfly, black flysmall blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae
English > buffalo gnat: 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, black fly
Member ofSimulium, genus Simuliumtype genus of the Simuliidae
BroadergnatAny of various small biting flies
Catalanmosca negra

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