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horseflies
Variant of horsefly
noun pl. horseflies
- any of a number of large dipterous flies (family Tabanidae), the female of which sucks the blood of horses, cattle, etc.
- any of various other dipterous flies that bite or infest horses, esp. any of a family (Gasterophilidae) of botflies
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