horse·fly /-ˌflaɪ/
馬蠅
horse·fly /ˈhɔrsˌflaɪ/ 名詞
虻
Horse·fly n.; pl. Horseflies
1. Zool. Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
Note: ☞ Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also breeze fly. See Illust. under Diptera, and Breeze fly.
2. Zool. The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
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horsefly
n 1: winged fly parasitic on horses [syn: horse tick, Hippobosca
equina]
2: large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various
animals [syn: cleg, clegg, horse fly]