"blackfly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: blackflies [plural]
Etymology: From 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: 78 22 Disambiguation of Culicomorphs: 70 30 Disambiguation of Parasites: 71 29 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Esperanto translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 62 38 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 63 37 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 60 40 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Esperanto translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 69 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 65 35 Disambiguation of 'agricultural pest': 94 6
  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), borrachudo [masculine] (Portuguese), мо́шка (móška) [feminine] (Russian), mosca negra [feminine] (Spanish), knott [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-blackfly-en-noun-shBa4vIZ Disambiguation of 'fly of the Simuliidae': 28 72
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: black fly

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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