blackfly
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- noun
- /ˈblækflaɪ/
:
mosca negra
- A smudge fire is burning nearby, helping to repel the blackflies that have come looking for a late-afternoon meal.
- blackfly bites
- blackfly season
Examples
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New deer laws came in, and the paying hunters went fishing on the Allagash, or up to Greenville where the blackflies bit like dogs.
Fiction book (2000) -
Rabies, crazed skunks, raccoons, and squirrels, merciless fire ants, and ravening blackfly.
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Blackflies bit the top of my head.
Fiction book (1990) -
River blindness, a parasitic disease transmitted by blackfly, currently affects more than 85 million people in Africa, Latin America, and the Middle East.
Academic text (2004) -
He slaps behind his ear, looks at his hand, and flicks a blackfly from his finger.
Fiction book (1998) -
The most notorious pests are mosquitoes, blackflies, and biting midges, which can be a moderate to severe nuisance depending on the location.
Academic text (1991) -
During the summer, the blackfly bites made camping in the woods nearly unbearable.
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The blackfly larvae thrive in the streams where the water runs clear and cool.
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Residents often complain about the swarm of blackflies that appear every spring.
Synonyms
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6.6
A small dark insect that bites people and animals and makes itchy red spots
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7.4
A small biting fly that lands on people and animals to suck blood
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7.1
A tiny fly that bites people and can spread disease in warm places
A small black fly that bites people and animals, often near water
A small fly near water that bites people and animals painfully
A small black fly that sucks blood from cows near their horns
A small dark fly that bites cows near their horns
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Blackfly is made from black ('dark color') and fly ('small flying insect'), a name given to small dark biting flies often found near streams and rivers. So blackfly reminds you it is a small dark fly that bites animals and people.