deerflies

Variant of deerfly

deerfly definition

☆ deer·fly (dir′flī′)

noun pl. deerflies -·flies′

any of certain bloodsucking, dipterous flies, esp. any of a genus (Chrysops) of a family (Tabanidae) of insects that includes the horseflies

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