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 Definitions of black fly  [ˈblækˌfɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'black fly' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) black fly
any of various black biting gnats, of the family Simuliidae, that deposit their eggs in forest streams and are aquatic as larvae.

Etymology:  (1600–10)

Definition of 'black fly' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat
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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