Blind-fly

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several medium-sized blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, usually species in the genus Haematopota. countable

    "I caught a number of that species of Tabanidae which has a large, grey-striped body, greenish-yellow eyes, and entirely transparent wings. This is locally termed the "blind fly" and it feeds on blood."

  2. 2
    The game of blind man's buff uncountable

    "Possibly derived from the Italian name of the game: Mosca cieca, which literally means "blind fly"."

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"I caught a number of that species of Tabanidae which has a large, grey-striped body, greenish-yellow eyes, and entirely transparent wings. This is locally termed the "blind fly" and it feeds on blood."

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