cattle biting fly

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• biting house fly — Stable Sta ble, n. [OF. estable, F. [ e]table, from L. stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Tsetse fly — This page is about the insect. For other meanings, see Tsetse (disambiguation). Tsetse fly Tsetse fly Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Horse-fly — Tabanus sulcifrons[1] Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

• Deer fly — Chrysops callidus Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

• Stable fly — Stable Sta ble, n. [OF. estable, F. [ e]table, from L. stabulum, fr. stare to stand. See {Stand}, v. i.] A house, shed, or building, for beasts to lodge and feed in; esp., a building or apartment with stalls, for horses; as, a horse stable; a cow …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• buffalo fly — noun : a small gray biting muscid fly (Siphona exigua) widespread in Indo Malaysia and Australia where it is a major pest of water buffalo and other domestic animals * * * buffalo fly or buffalo gnat, a black fly having a protruding thorax. One… …   Useful english dictionary

• forest fly — Horse Horse (h[^o]rs), n. [AS. hors; akin to OS. hros, D. & OHG. ros, G. ross, Icel. hross; and perh. to L. currere to run, E. course, current Cf. {Walrus}.] 1. (Zo[ o]l.) A hoofed quadruped of the genus {Equus}; especially, the domestic horse… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• gadfly — n. (pl. flies) 1 a cattle biting fly, esp. a warble fly, horsefly, or bot fly. 2 an irritating or harassing person. Etymology: obs. gad goad, spike f. ON gaddr, rel. to YARD(1) …   Useful english dictionary

• dipteran — /dip teuhr euhn/, adj. 1. dipterous (def. 1). n. 2. a dipterous insect. [1835 45; DIPTER(A) + AN] * * * Any member of the more than 85,000 species in the insect order Diptera (the two winged, or true, flies), characterized by the use of only one… …   Universalium

• Haematobia irritans — Taxobox name = Haematobia irritans regnum = Animalia phylum = Arthropoda subphylum = Hexapoda classis = Insecta subclassis = Pterygota infraclassis = Neoptera superordo = Endopterygota| ordo = Diptera subordo = Brachycera infraordo = Muscomorpha… …   Wikipedia

• African trypanosomiasis — For other uses, see Sleeping sickness (disambiguation). For Sleepy sickness , see Encephalitis lethargica. African trypanosomiasis Classification and external resources Trypanosoma forms in a blood smear …   Wikipedia