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blackfly

uncommon

noun

1.

blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets

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2.

small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

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Origin

From black + fly.

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