"mosca culaia" meaning in Italian

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Noun

Forms: mosche culaie [plural]
Etymology: Literally, “butt-fly”, due to its habit of biting the behind of horses. Etymology templates: {{m-g|butt-fly}} “butt-fly”, {{lit|butt-fly}} Literally, “butt-fly” Head templates: {{it-noun|f}} mosca culaia f (plural mosche culaie)
  1. Synonym of mosca cavallina (“forest fly”) Tags: feminine Synonyms: mosca cavallina [synonym, synonym-of]
    Sense id: en-mosca_culaia-it-noun-VrXikyLK
  2. (figurative) an annoying person Tags: feminine, figuratively Categories (topical): People Categories (lifeform): Dipterans
    Sense id: en-mosca_culaia-it-noun-I4zgNSS4 Disambiguation of People: 18 82 Disambiguation of Dipterans: 29 71 Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Italian entries with incorrect language header: 44 56

Inflected forms

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