"eye fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: eye flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} eye fly (plural eye flies)
  1. Any of various kinds of tiny black flies (especially of the family Chloropidae) which swarm around the eyes of people and animals. Categories (lifeform): Dipterans Synonyms: eye gnat, eye-fly

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