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noun
blackfly, black fly  n.  (Zool.)
1.
In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of the genus Simulium of several species, exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests; called also buffalo gnat. The larvae are aquatic. It sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.
2.
A black plant louse, as the bean aphis (Aphis fabae), which infests e. g. beans and sugar beets; called also bean aphid.






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"Blackfly" Quotes from Famous Books



... morning he left Fort Canibas with big Ben Kyle, to make a tour of the Thornton camps. It was a trip that took in the cruising of a township for standing timber on short rations and in the height of the blackfly season, an experience not conducive to reflections on ...
— The Ramrodders - A Novel • Holman Day



Words linked to "Blackfly" :   buffalo gnat, black fly, gnat, Aphis, Simulium, Aphis fabae, genus Aphis, bean aphid, genus Simulium



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