blackfly
🇺🇸
/ˈblækflaɪ/
🇬🇧
/ˈblækflaɪ/
noun
R
A tiny insect that is black or dark green and harms plants.
The blackflies were swarming around the garden, damaging the leaves.
R
A small black fly that bites humans and animals to drink their blood.
While hiking, we had to swat away the pesky blackflies that were biting us.
translation
A tiny insect that is black or dark green and harms plants.; A small black fly that bites humans and animals to drink their blood.
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Plural
blackflies