"forest fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: forest flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} forest fly (plural forest flies)
  1. Any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae. Translations (fly of the family Tabanidae): paarma (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-forest_fly-en-noun--fRiFxLY Disambiguation of 'fly of the family Tabanidae': 71 29
  2. A fly of the genus Hippobosca, especially Hippobosca equina; a horse tick. Categories (lifeform): Dipterans, Horseflies, Parasites Translations (fly of the genus Hippobosca): hevoskärpänen (taxonomic: Hippobosca equina) (Finnish), mosca cavallina [feminine] (Italian), mosca culaia [Tuscany, feminine] (Italian)
    Sense id: en-forest_fly-en-noun-S3cIXEQ~ Disambiguation of Dipterans: 27 73 Disambiguation of Horseflies: 27 73 Disambiguation of Parasites: 25 75 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 43 57 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 24 76 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 30 70 Disambiguation of 'fly of the genus Hippobosca': 7 93

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