"forest fly" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: forest flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} forest fly (plural forest flies)
  1. A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.
    Sense id: en-forest_fly-en-noun-um5pI2So Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Albanian translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Indonesian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Dipterans, Horseflies Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 43 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Albanian translations: 58 42 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Indonesian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 54 46 Disambiguation of Horseflies: 50 50
  2. A fly of the genus Hippobosca, especially Hippobosca equina; a horse tick. Synonyms: horse tick, horsefly, horse louse Translations (fly of the genus Hippobosca): mizë kali [feminine] (Albanian), hevoskärpänen (taxonomic: Hippobosca equina) (Finnish), lalat kuda (Indonesian), mosca cavallina [feminine] (Italian), mosca culaia [Tuscany, feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-forest_fly-en-noun-S3cIXEQ~ Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Dipterans, Horseflies, Parasites Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 51 49 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 51 49 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 54 46 Disambiguation of Horseflies: 50 50 Disambiguation of Parasites: 44 56 Disambiguation of 'fly of the genus Hippobosca': 7 93

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