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Bat fly

/ˈbæt flaɪ/

Any of the family Nycteribiidae of flattened, spider-like parasitic flies without eyes or wings.

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    Any of the family Nycteribiidae of flattened, spider-like parasitic flies without eyes or wings.

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forest flynounA horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.
bee flynounAny of the flies in the family Bombyliidae, with adults that look like bumblebees and larvae that are parasitic on the eggs or larvae of other insects.
blind-flynoun(uncountable) The game of blind man's buff
dance flynounAny of the flies in the family Hybotidae.
blackflynounAny of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
march flynounAny of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.
bee lousenounAny of the wingless parasitic flies in the family Braulidae
awl-flynounAny fly in the family Xylophagidae, which resemble ichneumon wasps.
blowflynounAny of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds.
phlebotominenounAny fly of the subfamily Phlebotominae
moth flynounA fly of the subfamily Psychodinae of the nematoceran family Psychodidae.
horseflynounAny of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).
drain flynounAny species in the subfamily Psychodinae of the family Psychodidae.
eye flynounAny of various kinds of tiny black flies (especially of the family Chloropidae) which swarm around the eyes of people and animals.
botflynounOne of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.
sandflynounAny of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis.
phoridnounAny fly of the family Phoridae.
lake flynounAny of various non-biting midges of the family Chironomidae, chironomids.
fruit flynounAny insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research.
bot flynounAlternative form of botfly. [One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans.]

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