VividLex

Home / Thesaurus / horsefly

Thesaurus: horsefly

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

Full dictionary entry Search Lens associations

Related headwords

flydefinitionblooddefinitionsucksdefinitionhorsesdefinitiondipterousdefinitionfamilydefinitionlargedefinitionstingsdefinitiontheirdefinitionhorsedefinitionanimalsdefinitionbreezedefinitionfemaledefinitionforestdefinitionhippoboscadefinitionswiftdefinitiontickdefinitionvariousdefinitionAmericadefinitionbothdefinitioncalleddefinitiondipteradefinitionEuropedefinitionfliesdefinitionlancetsdefinitionnotedefinitionnumerousdefinitionparasiticdefinition

Definitions

  1. n. Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
  2. n. The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
  3. n. winged fly parasitic on horses
  4. n. large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
  5. 1. (Zoöl.) Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidæ, that stings horses, and sucks their blood. Note: Of these flies there are numerous species, both in Europe and America. They have a large proboscis with four sharp lancets for piercing the skin. Called also breeze fly. See Illust. under Diptera, and Breeze fly. 2. (Zoöl.) The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
  6. Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidæ, that stings horses,and sucks their blood.
  7. n:100 n. large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals