horsefly

Noun

Meaning

Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).

Source: Webster's dictionary

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gadfly louse fly hippoboscid

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A horsefly can't do a horse much real damage, but it can drive it wild anyhow. Harry Turtledove