"March fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: en-au-March fly.ogg Forms: March flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} March fly (plural March flies)
  1. Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies. Categories (lifeform): Horseflies Translations (fly of the family Bibionidae): karvasääski (Finnish), Haarmücke [feminine] (German), leniowaty [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-March_fly-en-noun-nxITx1Iz Disambiguation of Horseflies: 19 41 41 Categories (other): Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 34 40 Disambiguation of 'fly of the family Bibionidae': 73 11 17
  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: 19 41 41 Categories (other): Australian English, New Zealand English, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 48 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 34 40
  3. Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies. Categories (lifeform): Bibionomorphs, Horseflies Synonyms: march fly, marchfly, Marchfly Coordinate_terms: cleg, deer fly, forest fly, gadfly, yellow fly, zimb Translations (Bibio hortulanus): tarhasääski (Finnish), biblion horticole [masculine] (French)
    Sense id: en-March_fly-en-noun-OsjRqjCS Disambiguation of Bibionomorphs: 23 27 50 Disambiguation of Horseflies: 19 41 41 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 31 45 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 29 29 42 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 28 29 44 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 24 38 39 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 24 33 43 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 23 34 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 29 31 40 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 27 34 40 Disambiguation of 'Bibio hortulanus': 16 19 65

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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