deer fly

See also: deerfly

English

Chrysops callidus

Noun

deer fly (plural deer flies)

A louse fly, a species in the family Hippoboscidae (Lipoptena cervi), parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals, found in Eurasia.
A gold- or green-eyed horsefly of the genus Chrysops in the family Tabanidae; pests to cattle, horses and humans, feeding on their blood.

Synonyms

(Lipoptena cervi): deer ked
(horsefly of the genus Chrysops): yellow fly; stout (Atlantic Canada)

Translations

Lipoptena cervi

Finnish: hirvikärpänen (fi)
German: Hirschfliege
Russian: златогла́зик m (zlatoglázik)
Swedish: älgfluga (sv) c

horsefly of the genus Chrysops

Finnish: sokkopaarma (fi)

See also

Lipoptena cervi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Chrysops on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

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