Black fly
noun
noun ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Alternative spelling of blackfly. alt-of, alternative
"In the summer, 90 deg. was common, and the attacks of the vicious black-fly were devastating."
- 2 small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals wordnet
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More examples"In the summer, 90 deg. was common, and the attacks of the vicious black-fly were devastating."