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horsefly
/ ˈhɔːsˌflaɪ /
noun
Also called: gadfly. cleg. any large stout-bodied dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, the females of which suck the blood of mammals, esp horses, cattle, and man
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She observed the two reptiles struggling, uncertain which was the aggressor, while horseflies clung to the snake’s back.
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I was so hungry I could eat a horsefly.
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It flew back and forth, menacing, like a horsefly.
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Mosquitoes and horseflies are feasting on the men, but still "Frisbee", from western Ukraine, has taken his shirt off because of the heat.
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Ms Rudd, from Spalding, Lincolnshire, said after noticing the pimple on 25 March, she went to A&E where staff suspected a horsefly bite.
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