blackfly

See also: black fly

English

Alternative forms

• black fly

Etymology

From black +‎ fly.

Noun

blackfly (plural blackflies)

1. A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
2. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
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Translations

agricultural pest

• Catalan: pugó negre m, pugó de la fava m
• Finnish: juurikaskirva
• Russian: свеклови́чная тля f (sveklovíčnaja tlja)

fly of the Simuliidae

• Catalan: mosca negra f
• Danish: kvægmyg
• Esperanto: kuleto, similio
• Finnish: mäkärä (fi), mäkäräinen (fi)
• Japanese: 蚋 (ja) (ブユ, ぶゆ, buyu)
• Latvian: knislis m
• Portuguese: borrachudo (pt) m
• Russian: мо́шка (ru) f (móška)
• Spanish: mosca negra f
• Swedish: knott (sv) c

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} cuil dhubh f, ^{(please verify)} cuileog dhubh f