March fly en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- (Australia) audio
Meanings
- Any member of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.
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(Australia, New-Zealand) Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae.
Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively.
1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 130: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.
1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 237:
- Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marchfly | alternative | lexicographic | |
| march fly | alternative | lexicographic | |
| marchfly | alternative | lexicographic | |
| March flies | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Coordinates
forest fly · zimb · cleg · gadfly · yellow fly · deer fly
Translations (5)
fi tarhasääski (Bibio hortulanus) · fi karvasääski (fly of the family Bibionidae) · fr biblion horticole (Bibio hortulanus) · pl leniowaty (fly of the family Bibionidae) · de Haarmücke (fly of the family Bibionidae)