horsefly

English

Alternative forms

horse-fly
horse fly

Etymology

From Middle English horse fliȝe, equivalent to 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, stoat-fly, stout

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, tabardo m, tabán m
Gamilaraay: baanduu
German: Bremse (de) f
Greek: αλογόμυγα (el) (alogómyga)
Ancient: μύωψ m (múōps)
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)
Thai: ฑังส (th) (tang-sà)
Turkish: atsineği
Ukrainian: ґедзь (uk) m (gedzʹ)
Venetian: tavàn m
Westrobothnian: brems m

Anagrams

floryshe, shore fly

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