Associations to the word «Blackfly»

Wiktionary

BLACKFLY, noun. A black or dark green aphid that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
BLACKFLY, noun. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

Dictionary definition

BLACKFLY, noun. Blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets.
BLACKFLY, noun. Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals.

Wise words

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