"cluster fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: cluster flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} cluster fly (plural cluster flies)
  1. Any of several species of Pollenia, especially Pollenia rudis, with the habit of congregating in dwellings over the winter. Categories (lifeform): Oestroid flies

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