BLACKFLY

Meaning of BLACKFLY in English

/ ˈblækflaɪ; NAmE / noun ( pl. black·fly or black·flies )

a small black or dark green insect that damages plants

(also ˈblack fly ) a small black fly that sucks blood from humans and animals

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

BLACKFLY — noun (plural -flies or -fly) Date: 1608 any of various small dark-colored insects
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
BLACKFLY — Any member of the insect family Simuliidae, comprising 300 species of small, humpbacked Usually black or dark gray, the blackfly …
Английский словарь Британика
BLACKFLY — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of several black or dark-colored insects: as a. : a small two-winged biting fly of Simulium …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BLACKFLY — n. insect that invades plants; gnat; small (somewhat black) biting fly with a sturdy body that has aquatic larvae and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
BLACKFLY — noun ( plural -flies or -fly ) Date: 1608 : any of various small dark-colored insects ; especially : any …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
BLACKFLY — ■ noun ( plural same or blackflies ) 1》 a black or dark green aphid which is a common pest …
Concise Oxford English vocab
BLACKFLY — [black.fly] n, pl -flies or -fly (1608): any of various small dark-colored insects; esp: any of a family (Simuliidae and …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
BLACKFLY — black|fly BrE AmE ˈblæk |flaɪ ▷ black|flies flaɪz
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
BLACKFLY — n. (pl. -flies) any of various thrips or aphids, esp. Aphis fabae, infesting plants.
Английский основной разговорный словарь
BLACKFLY — n. (pl. -flies) any of various thrips or aphids, esp. Aphis fabae, infesting plants.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
BLACKFLY — n. (pl. -flies) any of various thrips or aphids, esp. Aphis fabae, infesting plants.
Oxford English vocab
BLACKFLY — [noun] - a small insect with two wings that sucks the juices of plants for food; a type of aphidBlackflies …
Cambridge English vocab
BLACKFLY — n. Any member of the insect family Simuliidae, comprising 300 species of small, humpbacked dipterans found worldwide. Usually black or …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
BLACKFLY — мошка; pl мошки (Simuliidae)
Новый Англо-Русский словарь по биологии
BLACKFLY — мошка; pl мошки ( Simuliidae )
Новый Англо-Русский биологический словарь
BLACKFLY — n. Pronunciation: ' blak- ˌ fl ī Function: noun Inflected Form: plural -flies or -fly Date: 1608 : any of …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
CITRUS BLACKFLY — noun : an insect ( Aleurocanthus woglumi ) of the family Aleyrodidae that is destructive to citrus, coffee, and other …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ADIRONDACK BLACKFLY — noun Usage: usually capitalized A : a common blackfly ( Prosimulium hirtipes ) widespread in eastern No. America
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WHITEFLY — Any sap-sucking member of the insect family Aleyrodidae (order Homoptera). Nymphs are flat, oval, and usually covered with a cottony …
Английский словарь Британика
SAND FLY — Any of several species in the dipteran family Phlebotomidae (sometimes considered part of the family Psychodidae) with aquatic larvae that …
Английский словарь Британика
GNAT — Any member of several species of small Midges are also sometimes called gnats. In North America the name is also …
Английский словарь Британика
WHITE SOCK — noun ( plural white sox ) : blackfly — usually used in plural
Webster's New International English Dictionary
MARINGOUIN — ˌmaraⁿˈgwaⁿ noun ( -s ) Etymology: French, from Tupi mariguí mosquito : blackfly a
Webster's New International English Dictionary
GNAT — ˈnat, usu -ad.+V noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English gnætt; akin to Middle High German gnaz …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
DUCK MALARIA — noun : a destructive febrile disease of wild and domestic ducks caused by a blood protozoan ( Leucocytozoon anatis ) …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BUFFALO GNAT — noun 1. : blackfly a 2. : horn fly
Webster's New International English Dictionary
ONCHOCERCIASIS — noun ( plural on·cho·cer·ci·a·ses -ˌsēz) Etymology: New Latin, from Onchocerca, genus of worms Date: 1911 : infestation with or disease …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
SANDFLY — ■ noun ( plural sandflies ) 1》 a small hairy biting fly of tropical and subtropical regions, which transmits a …
Concise Oxford English vocab
APHID — [ 'eɪfɪd ] ■ noun a small bug which feeds by sucking sap from plants, especially a blackfly or greenfly. …
Concise Oxford English vocab
WHITEFLY — any sap-sucking member of the insect family Aleyrodidae (order Homoptera). The nymphs, resembling scale insects, are flat, oval, and usually …
Britannica English vocabulary
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Britannica English vocabulary
BLACK FLY — ➡ blackfly
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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