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Horsefly Moderate

Horsefly has 3 different meanings across 1 category:

Noun

Definitions
Noun
1

winged fly parasitic on horses

2

large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

3

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).

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