| 单词 | buffalo gnat |
| 释义 | > as lemmasbuffalo gnat buffalo gnat n. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Diptera or flies > [noun] > suborder Nematocera > family Simuliidae > member of genus Simulium blackfly1776 gnat1787 buffalo gnat1822 buffalo fly1849 kabouri1899 turkey-gnat1899 simulium1902 1822 J. Woods Two Years' Resid. Eng. Prairie 278 We had no buffalo gnats. 1837 W. Irving Capt. Bonneville (1895) I. 32 Excessively annoyed by musquitos and buffalo gnats. 1904 Westm. Gaz. 11 Aug. 8/1 The minute black fly of the Mississippi Valley, commonly known as the buffalo-gnat, from a fancied resemblance in outline to the buffalo. 1959 J. Clegg Freshwater Life Brit. Isles (ed. 2) xiv. 235 The Black-flies..under such names as Buffalo Gnats..are only too well known as pests of cattle. < as lemmas |
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