Library / English Dictionary

HORSEFLY

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

Synonyms:

cleg; clegg; horse fly; horsefly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("horsefly" is a kind of...):

gadfly (any of various large flies that annoy livestock)

Holonyms ("horsefly" is a member of...):

family Tabanidae; Tabanidae (horseflies)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Winged fly parasitic on horses

Synonyms:

Hippobosca equina; horse tick; horsefly

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("horsefly" is a kind of...):

hippoboscid; louse fly (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)

Holonyms ("horsefly" is a member of...):

genus Hippobosca; Hippobosca (type genus of the Hippoboscidae)

Credits