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单词 face fly
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face fly

chiefly North American
noun
The fly Musca autumnalis (family Muscidae), resembling the house fly, which gathers in large numbers on the faces of cattle and other livestock and feeds on secretions and open wounds; also called (especially British ) autumn fly.
  • The fly is native to Eurasia, but was introduced in the 1950s to North America, where it has become a serious pest..

Origin

1950s; earliest use found in The Lima News.

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