| 单词 | moose-fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmoose-fly moose-fly n. any of several North American bloodsucking flies; esp. a horsefly of the genus Chrysops. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Brachycera > family Tabanidae > genus Chrysops > member of ear fly1806 moose-fly1834 1834 J. J. Audubon Ornithol. Biogr. II. 437 The musquitoes and moose flies did their best to render us uncomfortable. 1913 Chambers's Jrnl. Nov. 764/1 The lordly moose finds..relief from the torturing moose-fly in the cool depths of the lakes. 1953 A. R. M. Lower Unconventional Voy. 43 Further south, where they are never so numerous, they [sc. bulldog flies] are called horse-flies, or moose-flies. 1987 A. Hultkrantz Native Relig. N. Amer. ii. 28 The fish also have a master, but he is identified with the moose-fly. < as lemmas |
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