| 单词 | eye-fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmaseye-fly eye-fly n. = eye gnat n. ΚΠ 1811 Monthly Mag. Feb. 48/2 The eye-flies, so often supposed to occasion it, produce a transient and sharp pain in the eye, but never, I believe, a lasting inflammation. 1815 W. Kirby & W. Spence Introd. Entomol. I. App. 8 A very minute black fly..which, because it flies in swarms into the eyes..is called the eye-fly. 1959 Times 30 Oct. 15/1 Blackfly or buffalo gnat, but coming to be known in West Africa by the ominous name of ‘eye flies’. 2001 K. M. Kocan in M. W. Service Encycl. Arthropod-transmitted Infections 30/2 Other Diptera, such as eye-flies (eye-gnats), are also known to be mechanical transmitters of anaplasmosis. < as lemmas |
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