horsefly
Syllables: horse·fly/ˈhoɹsˌflaɪ/
horsefly noun: 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).
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).
- 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
horsefly meaning in Tamil, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam
horsefly in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும்
horsefly in Bengali
- fly of the family Tabanidae
- ঘোড়া মাছি ghōṛa machi
horsefly in Telugu
- fly of the family Tabanidae
- జోరీగ jōrīga
horsefly in Malayalam
- fly of the family Tabanidae
- പോന്ത pōnta
More languagesFewer languages
- horsefly in Kannada
- ತೊಣಚೆ toṇace
- horsefly in Assamese
- ডাঁহ dãh
- horsefly in Tagalog
- bangaw, niknik
- horsefly in Arabic
- نُعَرَة nuʕara
- horsefly in Malay
- pikat
- horsefly in Indonesian
- pikat
- horsefly in Persian
- خرمگس xar-magas
- horsefly in Thai
- ฑังส tang-sà, เหลือบ lʉ̀ʉap
Synonyms of horsefly
Forms of horsefly
| plural | horseflies |
|---|---|
| alternative form | horse-fly |
| alternative form | horse fly |
Origin of horsefly
From Middle English horse fliȝe, equivalent to horse + fly.
Questions about horsefly
- What does horsefly mean?
- Horsefly means 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).
- What is horsefly in Tamil?
- Horsefly in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும் பூச்சிகளில், இது முக்கியமானதொரு இனமாகும். See Horsefly meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is horsefly?
- Horsefly is a noun.
- How do you pronounce horsefly?
- Horsefly is pronounced /ˈhoɹsˌflaɪ/ (US).
- What is the plural of horsefly?
- The plural of horsefly is horseflies.
Words near horsefly in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: horsefly (page history and authors); horsefly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
Last updated:
Pronunciation audio from Wikimedia Commons, each file under its own free license: En-us-horsefly.ogg.
Cite this entry: “horsefly.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/horsefly. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.