March fly

See also: march fly

English

Alternative forms

march fly, marchfly, Marchfly

Pronunciation

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Noun

March fly (plural March flies)

Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies. [from 19th c.]
(Australia, New Zealand) Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae. [from 19th c.]
- 1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 130:
  Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively.
- 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 237:
  There were other, less pleasant forms of life, too; March flies with a spike-like proboscis I thought would have no trouble going through a pine board.
Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies.

Coordinate terms

cleg, deer fly, forest fly, gadfly, yellow fly, zimb

Translations

fly of the family Bibionidae

Finnish: karvasääski
French: please add this translation if you can
German: Haarmücke f
Polish: leniowaty m

Bibio hortulanus

Finnish: tarhasääski

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Swedish: ^{(please verify)} trädgårdshårmygga c

References

“March fly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
March fly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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