BLACK FLY

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

Synonyms:

black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("black fly" is a kind of...):

gnat (any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies)

Holonyms ("black fly" is a member of...):

genus Simulium; Simulium (type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies)

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