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cleg

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. horsefly, cleg, clegg, horse flynoun

    large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

Wiktionary

  1. clegnoun

    A light breeze.

  2. clegnoun

    A gadfly; a horsefly.

  3. Etymology: From kleggi.

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  1. cleg

    Cleg is a Scottish dialect term for a horse-fly. It is also used to describe a person who is annoying or troublesome.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Clegnoun

    a small breeze or horsefly

  2. Etymology: [Northern Eng. & Scot. gleg: cf. Gael. crethleag.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Cleg

    kleg, n. the gadfly, horse-fly. [Ice. kleggi.]

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of cleg in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of cleg in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9


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