"blackfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blackflies [plural]
Etymology: black + fly Etymology templates: {{compound|en|black|fly}} black + fly Head templates: {{en-noun}} blackfly (plural blackflies)
  1. A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops. Categories (lifeform): Aphids, Culicomorphs, Parasites Translations (agricultural pest): pugó negre [masculine] (Catalan), pugó de la fava [masculine] (Catalan), juurikaskirva (Finnish), свеклови́чная тля (sveklovíčnaja tlja) [feminine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-blackfly-en-noun-k18JqnRF Disambiguation of Aphids: 75 25 Disambiguation of Culicomorphs: 61 39 Disambiguation of Parasites: 64 36 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 63 37 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'agricultural pest': 97 3
  2. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae. Translations (fly of the Simuliidae): mosca negra [feminine] (Catalan), kvægmyg (Danish), kuleto (Esperanto), similio (Esperanto), mäkärä (Finnish), mäkäräinen (Finnish), (alt: ブユ, ぶゆ, buyu) (Japanese), knislis [masculine] (Latvian), мо́шка (móška) [feminine] (Russian), mosca negra [feminine] (Spanish), knott [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blackfly-en-noun-shBa4vIZ Categories (other): English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'fly of the Simuliidae': 25 75
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: black fly

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