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Synonyms for horse fly

Most common

stout clegg gadfly forest fly blind-fly

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Noun

1. Fly of family Tabanidae

stout, gadfly, clegg, breezefly rare

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).

Related words

Other spellings
horse-fly horsefly

Example sentences

  • stout He looked small beside my father's stout body.

By length

5 letters
stout1, clegg1
6 letters
gadfly2
9 letters
breezefly

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (gadfly2 = 2 syllables).

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