| 单词 | prairie fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasprairie fly prairie fly n. now chiefly historical any of various flies, esp. horseflies, which inhabit the North American prairies; cf. greenhead n.2 3. ΚΠ 1818 Let. 17 Aug. in Rhode Island Hist. (1942) 1 129 The Prairie fly is about the size of a honey bee and about the colour with green heads and there is another kind that keeps in the Woods very large. 1852 J. Reynolds Hist. Illinois 332 A green prairie fly was the most numerous and annoying. 1916 A. H. Sanford Story Agric. in U.S. xiv. 162 The woods gave protection from the storms of winter and the heat and troublesome prairie flies of summer. 1957 Agric. Hist. 31 10/1 Settlers destroyed the prairie flies by burning the prairie grass in June instead of the fall. 1973 Sunday Times Recorder (Zanesville, Ohio) 23 Sept. 6 d/3 Progress was slow because of cold winters and prairie flies that tortured horses in summer. < as lemmas |
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