| slovo | definícia |
blackfly
(encz) | blackfly,druh hmyzu Zdeněk Brož |
blackfly
(gcide) | black fly \black fly\, blackfly \blackfly\, (Zool.)
1. In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of
the genus Simulium of several species, exceedingly
abundant and troublesome in the northern forests; --
called also buffalo gnat. The larv[ae] are aquatic. It
sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other
mammals.
[WordNet 1.5 + WordNet 1.5]
2. A black plant louse, as the bean aphis (Aphis fab[ae]),
which infests e. g. beans and sugar beets; -- called also
bean aphid.
[WordNet 1.5] |
blackfly
(wn) | blackfly
n 1: blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
[syn: blackfly, bean aphid, Aphis fabae]
2: small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae;
sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
[syn: blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat] |
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