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horse fly

horse fly is the alternative spelling of horsefly.

Meaning of horsefly

Noun

horsefly (plural horseflies)

  1. 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).
    • It was not a horsefly and it was not a deerfly; it was bigger than either.2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 36
    Synonyms:
    cleg, breezefly, gadfly, stoat-fly, stout

Forms of horse fly

pluralhorse flies

Questions about horse fly

What is horse fly the alternative spelling of?
Horse fly is the alternative spelling of horsefly.

Words near horse fly in the dictionary

  1. horse fame
  2. horse famous
  3. horse ferries
  4. horse ferry
  5. horse flies
  6. horse fly
  7. horse gentian
  8. horse gentians
  9. horse girl
  10. horse girls
  11. horse gram

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