cleg

/ klɛɡ /

noun

1. another name for a horsefly, esp one of the genus Haematopota

Word History and Origins

Origin of cleg¹

C15: from Old Norse kleggi

Example Sentences

The other sort is brown, has wings, and is as soft as the common cleg-fly.

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She had been for a long time on the look-out for a situation to suit Cleg.

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Sometimes Cleg Kelly fought, and then his mother called him in.

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There was a wall between Cleg and the Drabble, a wall with a place for your toes.

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And, for another, if they had taken Cleg, they might have taken his mother also.

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