See blackfly on Wiktionary
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"Entries using missing taxonomic name (species)"
],
"glosses": [
"A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops."
],
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"Q1532970"
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{
"word": "midge"
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{
"word": "mosquito"
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195,
204
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"ref": "1981 April 18, Jil Clark, “Axel Cancels East Coast Women's Music Festival”, in Gay Community News, page 3:",
"text": "According to Bonnie Louison, […] Axel made a mistake when she didn't consult western Massachusetts women about the time and place of the event. Louison said that Axel didn't realize that June is black fly season, that the area is in the grip of a severe drought, […]",
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"Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae."
],
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{
"word": "true fly"
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{
"word": "dipterid"
},
{
"word": "fly[Appendix:Glossary"
},
{
"word": "bug"
},
{
"word": "insect"
},
{
"word": "arthropod"
},
{
"word": "bug"
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{
"word": "invertebrate"
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{
"word": "animal"
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{
"word": "creature"
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"Simuliidae#Translingual"
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}
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"translations": [
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "agricultural pest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pugó negre"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "agricultural pest",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "pugó de la fava"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "agricultural pest",
"word": "juurikaskirva"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "sveklovíčnaja tlja",
"sense": "agricultural pest",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "свеклови́чная тля"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"lang_code": "ca",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mosca negra"
},
{
"code": "da",
"lang": "Danish",
"lang_code": "da",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"word": "kvægmyg"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"word": "kuleto"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"lang_code": "eo",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"word": "similio"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"word": "mäkärä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"lang_code": "fi",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"word": "mäkäräinen"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"lang_code": "de",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Kriebelmücke"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"lang_code": "izh",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"word": "tihiäin"
},
{
"alt": "ブユ, ぶゆ, buyu",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"lang_code": "ja",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"word": "蚋"
},
{
"code": "lv",
"lang": "Latvian",
"lang_code": "lv",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "knislis"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"lang_code": "pt",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"tags": [
"masculine"
],
"word": "borrachudo"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"lang_code": "ru",
"roman": "móška",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "мо́шка"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"lang_code": "es",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "mosca negra"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"lang_code": "sv",
"sense": "fly of the Simuliidae",
"tags": [
"common-gender"
],
"word": "knott"
}
],
"word": "blackfly"
}
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