"face fly" meaning in English

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          "text": "As its name suggests, the face fly hovers around the cow's face. A cow will not eat if too many face flies are feeding around its eyes. The face fly’s habit of flying from cow to cow makes it an excellent vector of bovine pinkeye, which can lead to blindness.",
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