Originally North American. Any of numerous small dark biting fleas of the genus Simulium or (more widely) the family Simuliidae, which breed in…
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| 释义 | the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Simuliidae > member of genus Simulium (8) blackfly1776 Originally North American. Any of numerous small dark biting fleas of the genus Simulium or (more widely) the family Simuliidae, which breed in… gnat1787 Applied to other insects resembling this; (U.S.) a small stinging fly of the genus Simulium. buffalo gnat1822 buffalo fly1849 a small biting insect of the genus Simulium. kabouri1899 A fly of the genus Simulium. turkey-gnat1899 a small black fly of the genus Simulium which infests poultry in southern and western North America. simulium1902 A small dark-coloured blood-sucking fly of the genus Simulium, which may be the vector of certain diseases. Also collective. Cf. buffalo fly n. at b… Subcategories:— simulium pertinax (pium) (1) |
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