horseflyn.¹

Etymology: < fly n.¹ 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-fly.

One of various dipterous insects troublesome to horses, as the horse-tick (family Hippoboscidæ), the breeze or gadfly (Tabanidæ), the bot-fly (Œstridæ).

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > member of genus Tabanus (gadfly or horse-fly)

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Oestridae > genus Oestrum or Oestrus > oestrus equi (horse-fly)

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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > group Pupipara or Nymphipara > family Hippoboscidae > hippobosca equina (horse-fly)

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1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. xxiv. 12 I sente before ȝou hors fleeȝis [L. crabrones].

1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 7^v/2 A horse flie, cantholarethrus.

1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lvi. 221 The third [Serapias Orchis] hath small floures like to a kinde of Horseflies.

1645 J. Milton Colasterion 26 Infested, somtimes at his face, with dorrs and horsflies.

1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening ii. iv The horse-flies cause much distress to horses in the vicinity of the New Forest.

1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 227 The Horse Fly (Hippobosca Equina)..of a brown colour mottled with yellow and white.

Compounds

horsefly-weed n. a North American leguminous plant, Baptisia tinctoria, called also wild indigo.

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1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	horsefly
释义	horseflyn.¹ Etymology: < fly n.¹ 2.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈhorse-fly. One of various dipterous insects troublesome to horses, as the horse-tick (family Hippoboscidæ), the breeze or gadfly (Tabanidæ), the bot-fly (Œstridæ). ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > member of genus Tabanus (gadfly or horse-fly) breezea800 stoutc1000 horsefly1382 gad-bee1510 gadfly1569 brimse1579 wag-leg1585 breeze-fly1587 breame1589 beast-fly1658 burrel-fly1658 whame1658 gad-breeze1665 bree1678 garabee1692 gad1830 thunderbug1837 ox-warble1840 March fly1852 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > family Oestridae > genus Oestrum or Oestrus > oestrus equi (horse-fly) horsefly1382 horse-bee1742 nitter1808 the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Cyclorrhapha > group Pupipara or Nymphipara > family Hippoboscidae > hippobosca equina (horse-fly) horsefly1382 1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) Josh. xxiv. 12 I sente before ȝou hors fleeȝis [L. crabrones]. 1553 J. Withals Shorte Dict. f. 7^v/2 A horse flie, cantholarethrus. 1578 H. Lyte tr. R. Dodoens Niewe Herball ii. lvi. 221 The third [Serapias Orchis] hath small floures like to a kinde of Horseflies. 1645 J. Milton Colasterion 26 Infested, somtimes at his face, with dorrs and horsflies. 1822 J. C. Loudon Encycl. Gardening ii. iv The horse-flies cause much distress to horses in the vicinity of the New Forest. 1861 R. T. Hulme tr. C. H. Moquin-Tandon Elements Med. Zool. ii. iv. i. 227 The Horse Fly (Hippobosca Equina)..of a brown colour mottled with yellow and white. Compounds horsefly-weed n. a North American leguminous plant, Baptisia tinctoria, called also wild indigo. ΚΠ 1884 W. Miller Dict. Eng. Names Plants This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1899; most recently modified version published online June 2021). > see also also refers to : † horse-flyn.² < n.¹1382 see also
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