English Explanatory Dictionary

cleg

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. a blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid
noun
  1. A light breeze.

Pronunciation

/klɛɡ/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-cleg.wav

Word forms

cleg clegs clegg gleg

Etymology

From Middle English clege, from Old Norse kleggi. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk klegg. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s (“point”); compare Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb”).

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