English Explanatory Dictionary

blackfly

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
  2. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

Word forms

blackfly blackflies black fly

Etymology

From black + fly.

This entry uses open data from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA/GFDL). Word forms are used for search and are not indexed as separate pages.
Back to search All on B Russian dictionary Dahl dictionary