heel fly
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of heel fly
An Americanism dating back to 1875–80
Example Sentences
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The first named, H. lineatum, is commonly called the heel fly and is more generally distributed over the United States than the other species.
From Project Gutenberg
This fly commonly deposits its eggs about the coronet, whence the name of heel fly, and on the fetlocks, knees, and hocks.
From Project Gutenberg
Achilles was vulnerable in the heel: fly, O man, from the woman who is indifferent to the lure of a silk stocking!
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