Usually means: Biting fly, feeds on blood.
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  1. deer fly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  2. deer-fly: Wordnik
  3. deer fly: Wiktionary
  4. deer fly: Infoplease Dictionary
  5. deer fly: Dictionary.com
  6. Deer fly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. deer fly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. deer fly: Encyclopedia

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  1. Deer-fly, deer fly: Medical dictionary

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  1. deer fly: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (deer fly)

noun:  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.
noun:  A gold- or green-eyed horsefly of the genus Chrysops in the family Tabanidae; pests to cattle, horses and humans, feeding on their blood.

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