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Deer fly
Meaning
Noun
●
In Dipterans:
A Eurasian
species
of
louse fly
in the family Hippoboscidae, Lipoptena
cervi
;
parasites
of
elk
,
deer
and other
bovine
animals
,
sucking
blood and
laying
eggs
in the
fur
of the
host
animals
.
●
In Horseflies:
A
gold
- or
green-eyed
horsefly
of the
genus
Chrysops in the family Tabanidae;
pests
to
cattle
,
horses
and
humans
,
feeding
on their blood.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Synonyms
Stout
Cleg
Deer Ked
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