Words Like HORSEFLY

We have put together a list of words that are similar to HORSEFLY.

4 Alternative Words Similar to horsefly

1 Cleg Noun      Synonym Words Like Cleg
2 Clegg Noun      Synonym Words Like Clegg
3 Gadfly Noun      Synonym Words Like Gadfly
4 Hippoboscid Noun      Synonym Words Like Hippoboscid

9 definitions of horsefly

1 Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidæ, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
2 The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
3 large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
4 winged fly parasitic on horses
5 Any of numerous large flies of the family Tabanidae, the females of which suck the blood of various mammals.
6 A hexachætous dipterous insect, as Tabanus bovinus and other species of the family Tabanidæ, of which the females have a piercing proboscis, and are extremely annoying to horses and cattle. Also called breeze, breeze-fly, and gadfly. See cuts under breeze and gadfly.
7 A pupiparous dipterous insect of the family Hippoboscidæ; a forest-fly or tick-fly. Also called horse-tick.
8 A dichætous dipterous insect of the family Œstridæ; a true bot-fly, as the horse-bot, Gasterophilus equi. See cut under bot-fly.
9 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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