Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.
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Examples for "blackfly"
Examples for "blackfly"
1There are particularly abundant crops of hefty blackfly and greenfly this year.
2The blackfly and mosquito attack both man and beast in maddening millions.
3Tribes of mosquito and blackfly come to Judah and bleed him terribly.
4Tells about numerous blackfly bites, using insect repellent and not seeing a single fish.
5It was only nine miles over easy terrain, but the blackfly made it a torment.
1But the black fly is at the bottom of the moral scale.
2After a minute, a large black fly buzzed close to his head.
3A black fly lit on her cheek and she swatted it away savagely.
4Vaylo batted away a black fly and turned his thoughts to the now.
5A black fly kept buzzing around her bony ankles, dodging her mad slaps.
1Buffalo gnats and tsetse were very troublesome on this march, owing to the numerous herds of game in the vicinity.
2As it was, she and Charity were both engulfed in a gritty brown cloud of powdered earth, undefined filth and bothersome, ever-present buffalo gnats.
Translations for buffalo gnat