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Meanings of blackfly in English
Spanish
piojo del frijol Portuguese
simuliidae Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.
Usage of blackfly in English
1
There are particularly abundant crops of hefty blackfly and greenfly this year.
2
The blackfly and mosquito attack both man and beast in maddening millions.
3
Tribes of mosquito and blackfly come to Judah and bleed him terribly.
4
Tells about numerous blackfly bites, using insect repellent and not seeing a single fish.
5
It was only nine miles over easy terrain, but the blackfly made it a torment.
6
Pinch out broad bean tops to prevent them from getting blackfly once they come into flower.
7
Torsten was doing the blackfly dance.
8
A moderate breeze kept the worst of the mosquitoes and blackflies away.
9
He had, I noticed, a haze of blackflies of his own.
10
Cawley peered at him as if Teddy's face were sprouting blackflies.
11
It is transmitted to humans by blackflies breeding along fast-flowing tropical rivers and streams.
12
Bergman does not mention the power of the blackflies.
13
It's spring in Algonquin Bay and the blackflies aren't the only ones out for blood.
14
Like bloated blackflies, swarming around the old lady's corpse.
15
Blackflies and mosquitoes were reputed to have driven many of the early Canadian explorers insane.
16
You'll be eaten alive by blackflies.
Frequent collocations
Blackfly through the time