Usually means: Pest insect targeting livestock faces.
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  1. face fly: Merriam-Webster
  2. face fly: Wiktionary
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▸ noun:  A fly, Musca autumnalis, that resembles the housefly and is a pest of cattle and horses.

Similar:
deer fly, housefly, stable fly, forest fly, horse-fly, horse fly, bull-fly, moth fly, horsefly, eye fly, more...

Opposite:
backfly, reverse fly

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Similar:
deer fly, housefly, stable fly, forest fly, horse-fly, horse fly, bull-fly, moth fly, horsefly, eye fly, more...

Opposite:
backfly, reverse fly



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