Horse Fly (Noun)
Meaning
Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals.
Classification
Nouns denoting animals.
Examples
- A horse fly was found in the nearby barn which suggested that the cow had been bitten by it.
- While on safari the tourists were constantly annoyed by the presence of the large horse fly.
- Female horse flies can transport disease due to their consumption of infected animal blood.
- The nearby lake had numerous water plants which were attracting many horse flies around it.
- They tried to shoo away the huge horse fly hovering around their injured dog's wound.