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horsefly

Any of over 2,500 species of fly. The females suck blood from horses, cattle, and humans; the males live on plants and suck nectar. The larvae are carnivorous. (Family Tabanidae.)


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The common horsefly, which is so troublesome in the shady lanes of England, belongs to this same genus.
 
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