"March fly" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Audio: en-au-March fly.ogg [Australia] Forms: March flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} March fly (plural March flies)
  1. Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies. Translations (fly of the family Bibionidae): karvasääski (Finnish), Haarmücke [feminine] (German), leniowaty [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-March_fly-en-noun-nxITx1Iz Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 41 42 Disambiguation of 'fly of the family Bibionidae': 75 10 15
  2. (Australia, New Zealand) Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae. Tags: Australia, New-Zealand Categories (lifeform): Horseflies
    Sense id: en-March_fly-en-noun-bn9KJgVi Disambiguation of Horseflies: 18 49 33 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 41 42 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 26 45 29
  3. Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies. Categories (lifeform): Bibionomorphs Translations (Bibio hortulanus): tarhasääski (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-March_fly-en-noun-OsjRqjCS Disambiguation of Bibionomorphs: 24 31 45 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 30 45 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 41 42 Disambiguation of 'Bibio hortulanus': 13 19 68
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: march fly, marchfly, Marchfly Coordinate_terms: cleg, deer fly, forest fly, gadfly, yellow fly, zimb

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