blackfly (n.)

  1. blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets

    [ Syn: bean aphid , aphis fabae ]

  2. small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

    [ Syn: black fly , buffalo gnat ]

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