| 释义 |
Definition of deerfly in US English: deerflynounˈdirflīˈdirflī 1A bloodsucking horsefly that attacks humans and other large mammals. It can transmit various diseases, including tularemia. Genus Chrysops, family Tabanidae: several species, including C. callidus, widespread throughout North America Example sentencesExamples - Having the rabbit as my companion, albeit for only a short while, was a welcome distraction from the black deer flies attracted by my sweat.
- Biting flies common in the U.S. include the species Chrysops discalis (deer fly), Chrysops aestuans, Chrysops relictus, and Chrysozona pluvialis.
2A bloodsucking louse fly that is a parasite of deer. It loses its wings on finding a host, and the female gives birth to fully grown larvae. Lipoptena cervi, family Hippoboscidae Example sentencesExamples - The mosquitoes and horse and deer flies were out in force and bent on extracting blood and flesh.
- Minutes after I began my walk, deer flies buzzed around my ears and two mosquitoes lodged in my left eye.
- For years I had a terrible problem with face flies, deer flies and ticks.
- Swatting at mosquitoes and deer flies, the five picked their way through the Florida scrub, trying to avoid the briars and sawgrass sharp as a sword blade.
Definition of deerfly in US English: deerflynounˈdirflī 1A bloodsucking horsefly that attacks humans and other large mammals. It can transmit various diseases, including tularemia. Genus Chrysops, family Tabanidae: several species, including C. callidus, widespread throughout North America Example sentencesExamples - Having the rabbit as my companion, albeit for only a short while, was a welcome distraction from the black deer flies attracted by my sweat.
- Biting flies common in the U.S. include the species Chrysops discalis (deer fly), Chrysops aestuans, Chrysops relictus, and Chrysozona pluvialis.
2A bloodsucking louse fly that is a parasite of deer. It loses its wings on finding a host, and the female gives birth to fully grown larvae. Lipoptena cervi, family Hippoboscidae Example sentencesExamples - The mosquitoes and horse and deer flies were out in force and bent on extracting blood and flesh.
- Minutes after I began my walk, deer flies buzzed around my ears and two mosquitoes lodged in my left eye.
- For years I had a terrible problem with face flies, deer flies and ticks.
- Swatting at mosquitoes and deer flies, the five picked their way through the Florida scrub, trying to avoid the briars and sawgrass sharp as a sword blade.
|