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• horn fly — a small bloodsucking fly, Haematobia irritans, that is a pest, esp. of cattle. [1700 10, Amer.] * * * ▪ insect  (Haematobia irritans), insect of the family Muscidae (order Diptera) and a serious cattle pest. Adult horn flies cluster at the base… …   Universalium

• horn fly — n a small black European dipteran fly (Haematobia irritans of the family Muscidae) that has been introduced into No. America where it is a bloodsucking pest of cattle called also cattle fly * * * Haematobia irritans …   Medical dictionary

• horn fly — ☆ horn fly n. a muscid fly (Haematobia irritans) that is a pest on cattle and sucks blood, esp. at the base of the horns …   English World dictionary

• horn fly — noun small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn (Freq. 1) • Syn: ↑Haematobia irritans • Hypernyms: ↑fly • Member Holonyms: ↑Haematobia, ↑genus Haematobia …   Useful english dictionary

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