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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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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| forest flynoun | A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae. |
| bee flynoun | Any 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 flynoun | Any of the flies in the family Hybotidae. |
| blackflynoun | Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae. |
| march flynoun | Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies. |
| bee lousenoun | Any of the wingless parasitic flies in the family Braulidae |
| awl-flynoun | Any fly in the family Xylophagidae, which resemble ichneumon wasps. |
| blowflynoun | Any of various flies of the family Calliphoridae that lay their eggs in rotting meat, dung, or open wounds. |
| phlebotominenoun | Any fly of the subfamily Phlebotominae |
| moth flynoun | A fly of the subfamily Psychodinae of the nematoceran family Psychodidae. |
| horseflynoun | Any 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 flynoun | Any species in the subfamily Psychodinae of the family Psychodidae. |
| eye flynoun | Any of various kinds of tiny black flies (especially of the family Chloropidae) which swarm around the eyes of people and animals. |
| botflynoun | One of several dipterous insects of the family Oestridae, the larvae of which are parasites on many animals, including humans. |
| sandflynoun | Any of various small flies of the genera Lutzomyia and Phlebotomus whose females suck the blood of vertebrates and thus spread leishmaniasis. |
| phoridnoun | Any fly of the family Phoridae. |
| lake flynoun | Any of various non-biting midges of the family Chironomidae, chironomids. |
| fruit flynoun | Any insect of the Drosophilidae family, whose larvae feed on ripening fruit, especially the species Drosophila melanogaster that is used in genetic research. |
| bot flynoun | Alternative 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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