horsefly

English

Alternative forms

horse-fly
horse fly

Etymology

horse +‎ fly

Pronunciation

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Noun

horsefly (plural horseflies)

Any of several medium- to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).

Synonyms

(fly of family Tabanidae): cleg (dialectal), breezefly, gadfly

Hyponyms

(individual species or subgroups of the family Tabanidae): deer fly, yellow fly, March fly (Australia), zimb

Translations

fly of the family Tabanidae

Aromanian: davan m, tãun m, bumbar m, streclji f
Bashkir: күгәүен (kügäwen)
Breton: boui
Bulgarian: ко́нска муха́ f (kónska muhá)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 虻 (zh) (méng)
Czech: ovád m
Danish: klæg c
Dutch: daas (nl) c, brems (nl), paardevlieg f, paardenhorzel (nl)
Estonian: parm
Faroese: kleggi m
Finnish: paarma (fi)
Franco-Provençal: tavan m
French: taon (fr) m
Friulian: tavan m
Galician: moscardo m, mosca caíña f
Gamilaraay: baanduu
German: Bremse (de) f
Greek: αλογόμυγα (el) (alogómyga)
Hungarian: bögöly (hu)
Icelandic: kleggi m
Irish: creabhar m, creabhar capaill m
Italian: tafano (it) m
Japanese: 虻 (ja) (あぶ, abu)
Latin: tabānus m

Latvian: dundurs m
Lithuanian: sparvos
Luxembourgish: Beel f
Macedonian: ко́њска му́ва f (kónjaska múva)
Mapun: pikot
Navajo: tłʼézhii, łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná
Norman: taon m
Norwegian: klegg
Occitan: tavan (oc) m
Old Norse: kleggi m
Persian: خرمگس‎‎ (fa) (xar-magas)
Polish: bąk (pl) m
Portuguese: mutuca (pt) f, tavão (pt) m, moscardo (pt) m
Romanian: tăun (ro) m
Russian: сле́пень (ru) m (slépenʹ)
Scottish Gaelic: creithleag-nan-each
Sicilian: tavana
Skolt Sami: puär
Spanish: tábano (es) m
Swedish: broms (sv) c
Telugu: జోరీగ (te) (jōrīga)
Turkish: atsineği
Ukrainian: ґедзь (uk) m (gedzʹ)
Venetian: tavàn m
Westrobothnian: brems m

Anagrams

floryshe, shore fly

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