Usually means: Small, biting fly, nuisance outdoors.
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  1. black fly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. black fly: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. black fly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. black fly: Vocabulary.com
  5. black fly: Wordnik
  6. black fly: Wiktionary
  7. black fly: Infoplease Dictionary
  8. Black fly, black fly: Dictionary.com
  9. Black Fly, Black fly: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  10. black fly: Rhymezone
  11. black fly: FreeDictionary.org
  12. black fly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  13. black fly: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. black fly: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. black fly: Medical dictionary

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  1. Agriculture Glossary (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (Black fly)

▸ noun:  Alternative spelling of blackfly [A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.]

Similar:
blackfly, buffalo gnat, fleshfly, fleabeetle, flesh-fly, mealy bug, black water, Blackie, stink bug, apple-bee, more...

Opposite:
white fly, non-black fly, light-colored fly

Types:
Simulium, Gomphus, Chrysops, Tabanus, Stratiomyidae, more...

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Similar:
blackfly, buffalo gnat, fleshfly, fleabeetle, flesh-fly, mealy bug, black water, Blackie, stink bug, apple-bee, more...

Opposite:
white fly, non-black fly, light-colored fly

Types:
Simulium, Gomphus, Chrysops, Tabanus, Stratiomyidae, more...



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