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Black fly   /blæk flaɪ/   Listen
Black fly

noun
1.
Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.  Synonyms: blackfly, buffalo gnat.





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"Black fly" Quotes from Famous Books



... The big black fly was in a sorry plight; She hung and dangled in a spider's web. It was too late to make a hurried flight. The sand is sifting ...
— Clear Crystals • Clara M. Beede


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