deer fly

American  

noun

1. any of several tabanid flies of the genus Chrysops, the female of which is a vector of tularemia in deer, livestock, and humans.

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Etymology

Origin of deer fly

An Americanism dating back to 1850–55

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Example Sentences

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deer fly

There was deer fly season, mosquito season, greenhead fly season.

From Washington Times ● Apr. 25, 2015

Putney, 25 May 1977: hot weather, swimming weather, deer fly weather.

From Time Magazine Archive

I often sought its gloom, led by that instinct which makes the stricken deer fly to the shade.

From Daisy Burns (Volume 1) by Julia Kavanagh

Flaming onions began surging 194upward in their terrifying circlets, but Yancey was as scornful of them as is a Texas steer of a buzzing deer fly.

From Aces Up by Covington Clarke

"He saw a deer fly past this morning," she replied, "and he has gone to seek it, that I may dry it."

From Dahcotah Life and Legends of the Sioux Around Fort Snelling by Mary H. (Mary Henderson) Eastman

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