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A stoutly built fly, the female of which is a bloodsucker and inflicts painful bites on horses, humans, and other large mammals.

A light breeze.

Any of numerous large biting tabanid flies, the females of which feed on the blood of various mammals.

A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly, a horsefly.

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).

A small breeze or horsefly.

Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidæ, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.

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

The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).

Winged fly parasitic on horses

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