horsefly

English

Alternative forms

horse-fly
horse fly

Etymology

From Middle English horse fliȝe, equivalent to horse +‎ fly.

Pronunciation

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Noun

horsefly (plural horseflies)

Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).

Synonyms

(fly of family Tabanidae): cleg (dialectal), breezefly, gadfly, stoat-fly, stout

Hyponyms

(individual species or subgroups of the family Tabanidae): deer fly, yellow fly, March fly (Australia), zimb

Translations

fly of the family Tabanidae

Afrikaans: perdevlieg
Arabic: نُعَرَة‎ f (nuʿara)
Archi: наӏкьу (nạkˡʼu)
Armenian: մոզ (hy) (moz)
Aromanian: davan m, tãun m, bumbar m, streclji f
Assamese: ডাঁহ (dãh)
Asturian: tabánido m
Avar: никӏкӏ (nikkʼ)
Azerbaijani: göyün
Bashkir: күгәүен (kügäwen)
Basque: ezpara
Bavarian: Brejm
Belarusian: сляпень m (sljapjenʹ)
Bengali: ঘোড়া মাছি (ghoṛa machi)
Breton: moui f (collective), mouienn f, boui f (collective), bouienn f
Bulgarian: ко́нска муха́ f (kónska muhá)
Catalan: tabànid m
Cherokee: ᏓᎦᎦ (dagaga), ᏓᎹᎦ (damaga)
Chinese:
Cantonese: 虻 (mong⁴)
Mandarin: 虻 (zh) (méng), 馬蠅／马蝇 (zh) (mǎying) (popular)
Czech: ovád (cs) m
Danish: klæg c
Dutch: daas (nl) c, brems (nl) c, paardevlieg f, paardenhorzel (nl) c
Esperanto: tabano (eo)
Estonian: parm
Faroese: kleggi m
Finnish: paarma (fi)
Franco-Provençal: tavan m
French: taon (fr) m
Friulian: tavan m
Galician: moscardo m, mosca caíña f, tabardo m, tabán m
Gamilaraay: baanduu
Georgian: მაწუხელა (mac̣uxela)
German: Bremse (de) f
Greek: αλογόμυγα (el) f (alogómyga)
Ancient: μύωψ m (múōps)
Hebrew: זְבוּב הַסּוּס‎ m (zvuv hasus)
Hungarian: bögöly (hu)
Icelandic: kleggi m
Ido: tabano (io)
Indonesian: pikat (id)
Irish: creabhar m, creabhar capaill m
Italian: tafano (it) m
Japanese: 虻 (ja) (あぶ, abu)
Kabyle: aggug
Kannada: ತೊಣಚೆ (kn) (toṇace)
Kazakh: сона (sona)
Korean: 등에 (deung'e)
Kyrgyz: көгөөн (kögöön)
Latin: tabānus m
Latvian: dundurs m
Limburgish: sjeldaes (li), staekvleeg f
Lithuanian: sparvos m
Low German:
German Low German: Bau (nds) m
Luxembourgish: Beel f
Macedonian: ко́њска му́ва f (kónjska múva)
Malay: pikat (ms)
Malayalam: പോന്ത (ml) (pōnta)
Mapun: pikot
Maranao: langaw
Mari:
Eastern Mari: пормо (pormo)
Western Mari: пармы (parmy)
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: хөх түрүү (xöx türüü)
Navajo: tłʼézhii, łį́į́ʼ bitsísʼná
Norman: taon m
Norwegian:
Bokmål: klegg m
Nynorsk: klegg m
Occitan: tavan (oc) m
Old Norse: kleggi m
Ottoman Turkish: آت سینكی‎ (at sineği), بوكه‌لك‎ (büğelek)
Persian: خرمگس‎ (fa) (xar-magas)
Polish: bąk (pl) m
Portuguese: mutuca (pt) f, tavão (pt) m, moscardo (pt) m
Quechua: tak'a
Romanian: tăun (ro) m
Russian: сле́пень (ru) m (slépenʹ)
Samogitian: bimbals m
Scots: cleg
Scottish Gaelic: creithleag-nan-each f
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: о̏ба̄д m, (Serbia, Montenegro) ко̏њска му̀ва f, (Croatia, Bosnia) ко̏њска му̀ха f
Roman: ȍbād (sh) m, (Serbia, Montenegro) kȍnjska mùva (sh) f, (Croatia, Bosnia) kȍnjska mùha f
Sicilian: tavana
Skolt Sami: puär
Slovak: ovad m
Slovene: obad (sl) m
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: slěpc m, slěpik m
Upper Sorbian: slěpc m, slěpik m
Southern Altai: кӧгӧн (kögön)
Spanish: tábano (es) m, tabánido m
Sundanese: piteuk
Swahili: pange
Swedish: broms (sv) c
Tagalog: bangaw, niknik (dialectal)
Tajik: хармагас (xarmagas), kӯрмагас (kürmagas)
Telugu: జోరీగ (te) (jōrīga)
Thai: ฑังส, เหลือบ (lʉ̀ʉap)
Turkish: atsineği
Ukrainian: ґедзь (uk) m (gedzʹ)
Uzbek:
Cyrillic: сўна (soʻna)
Roman: soʻna (uz)
Venetian: tavàn m
Welsh: pryfyn y gweryd m, robin y diawl gwyllt m (dialectal)
Westrobothnian: brems m
Yakut: күлүмэн (külümen)

Anagrams

floryshe, shore fly