| 单词 | bird fly |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbird fly bird fly n. any of various bloodsucking flies, esp. of the genus Ornithomya (family Hippoboscidae), which are parasites of birds.Cf. bird spider fly n. ΚΠ 1816 Ann. Philos. 7 366 (heading) Description of the Bird Fly. 1947 C. L. Walton Farmers' Warfare iii. 56 On another occasion a man picked up a young hawk and got three ‘Bird Flies’ (Ornithomyia) up his sleeves. 1994 D. S. Hill & J. D. Hill Agric. Entomol. xi. 389 Many of the bird flies are fully winged and they fly strongly—most have to be able to search for a host and then fly on to it. < as lemmas |
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