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Significados de buffalo gnat en inglés

portugués
simuliidae

Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.

        simuliidae
        Sinónimos
        Examples for "blackfly"
        Examples for "blackfly"
        1
        There are particularly abundant crops of hefty blackfly and greenfly this year.
        The Irish Times
        2
        The blackfly and mosquito attack both man and beast in maddening millions.
        Animal Sanctuaries in Labrador / An Address Presented by Lt.-Col...
        3
        Tribes of mosquito and blackfly come to Judah and bleed him terribly.
        Iron Council
        4
        Tells about numerous blackfly bites, using insect repellent and not seeing a single fish.
        The new yorker
        5
        It was only nine miles over easy terrain, but the blackfly made it a torment.
        A walk in the woods: rediscovering america on the appalachian tr...
        1
        But the black fly is at the bottom of the moral scale.
        Little Rivers: A Book of Essays in Profitable Idleness
        2
        After a minute, a large black fly buzzed close to his head.
        Dayworld Rebel
        3
        A black fly lit on her cheek and she swatted it away savagely.
        House of Bathory
        4
        Vaylo batted away a black fly and turned his thoughts to the now.
        Watcher of the Dead
        5
        A black fly kept buzzing around her bony ankles, dodging her mad slaps.
        Knockemstiff
        Uso de buffalo gnat en inglés
        1
        Buffalo gnats and tsetse were very troublesome on this march, owing to the numerous herds of game in the vicinity.
        How I Found Livingstone / Travels, adventures, and discoveres in...
        2
        As it was, she and Charity were both engulfed in a gritty brown cloud of powdered earth, undefined filth and bothersome, ever-present buffalo gnats.
        Frontier courtship
        Translations for buffalo gnat
        portugués
        simuliidae