| 单词 | nit fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasnit fly nit fly n. U.S. regional (chiefly Midland) a horse botfly (genus Gasterophilus). ΚΠ 1926 E. O. Essig Insects Western N. Amer. 575 The horse bot or nit fly, Gastrophilus [sic] intestinalis. 1940 J. Still River of Earth 7 A big house draws kinfolks like a horse draws nitflies. 1978 E. G. Massey Bittersweet Country 229 We traveled perhaps a mile and a half and the old horse was fighting nit flies and horseflies so I couldn't turn the lines loose. < as lemmas |
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