deerfly

See also: deer fly

English

Wikispecies

Chrysops callidus

Alternative forms

• deer fly

Etymology

From deer +‎ fly.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪəflʌɪ/

Noun

deerfly (plural deerflies)

1. Any of various species of fly which feed on deer, principally in genus Chrysops.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 161:

     When the sun comes out, it is totally delightful, except for the mosquitoes, and the blackflies, and the deerflies.

   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 149:

     The basement was flooded and the couch was growing mildew, so we sat outdoors in the shadows of the trees in a screened tent with deerflies and mosquitoes buzzing outside.

   • 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 36:

     It was not a horsefly and it was not a deerfly; it was bigger than either.

Translations

deer fly — see deer fly

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