"stable fly" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: stable flies [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} stable fly (plural stable flies)
  1. Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals. Categories (lifeform): Muscoid flies
    Sense id: en-stable_fly-en-noun-Gb2SJhwA Disambiguation of Muscoid flies: 50 50 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: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50
  2. Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
    Stomoxys calcitrans.
    Categories (lifeform): Muscoid flies Synonyms (Stomoxys calcitrans): biting house fly, barn fly, dog fly, power mower fly
    Sense id: en-stable_fly-en-noun-XpyUWEUa Disambiguation of Muscoid flies: 50 50 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: 50 50 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 50 50 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 50 50 Disambiguation of 'Stomoxys calcitrans': 24 76
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Translations (stable fly): շնաճանճ (šnačanč) (Armenian), mosca dels estables (Catalan), 螫蠅 (Chinese Mandarin), 螫蝇 (shìyíng) (Chinese Mandarin), pistokärpänen (Finnish), Wadenstecher (German), mosca canina (Italian), サシバエ (sashibae) (Japanese), thigai [class-10, class-9] (Kikuyu), mosca-de-estábulo [feminine] (Portuguese), осе́нняя жига́лка (osénnjaja žigálka) [feminine] (Russian), mosca de los establos (Spanish), kara sinek (Turkish)
Disambiguation of 'stable fly': 50 50

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