horse fly
any bloodsucking, usually large fly of the family Tabanidae, especially of the genus Tabanus, a serious pest of horses, cattle, etc.
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How to use horse fly in a sentence
But I was just fortunate enough to capture the most perfect specimen I have ever seen of a green horse-fly.
The Motor Boys in the Clouds | Clarence YoungNo, its not a snake; it is a most perfect specimen of a horse-fly.
The Motor Boys in the Clouds | Clarence YoungFinding that she did not yet comprehend him, he exclaimed: "Why, girl, did you never see a horse-fly?"
Scotch Wit and Humor | W. H. (Walter Henry) HoweThe head of the horse fly appears to be all eyes, and it is no wonder that we can so seldom take it by surprise.
Book of Monsters | David Fairchild and Marian Hubbard (Bell) FairchildIn a preceding chapter Schwatka reports that one of his party, bitten by a horse fly, was completely disabled for a week.
Along Alaska's Great River | Frederick Schwatka
British Dictionary definitions for horsefly
/ (ˈhɔːsˌflaɪ) /
any large stout-bodied dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, the females of which suck the blood of mammals, esp horses, cattle, and man: Also called: gadfly, cleg
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