March fly

march fly English Alternative forms en march fly, marchfly, Marchfly Pronunciation en en-au-March fly.ogg AU Noun Any member of the family Bibionidae family of dark hairy flies. from 19th c. en Australia NZ Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae family. from 19th c. en 1979 Thea Astley Hunting the Wild Pineapple Nelson 130 Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively. en 1988 Tom Cole Hell West and Crooked Angus & Robertson 1995 237 There were other, less pleasant forms of life, too; March flies with a spike-like proboscis I thought would have no trouble going through a pine board. Tipula hortulana species (syn. Bibio hortulanus species), now of family Tipulidae family of crane flies. Coordinate terms en cleg, en deer fly, en forest fly, en gadfly, yellow fly, en zimb Translations fly of the family Bibionidae Finnish: fi karvasääski French: fr German: de Haarmücke f Polish: pl leniowaty m Bibio hortulanus Finnish: fi tarhasääski French: fr biblion horticole m Swedish: sv trädgårdshårmygga c References en Bibionomorphs Horseflies