Meaning Of The Word Black fly

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black fly in American English
any of a family (Simuliidae) of small, dark, dipterous flies of North American forests and mountains, whose larvae live attached to rocks in swift water: most species live on the blood of mammals and may transmit disease
noun: any of the minute, black gnats of the dipterous family Simuliidae, having aquatic larvae

black fly in British English
noun: any small blackish stout-bodied dipterous fly of the family Simuliidae, which sucks the blood of humans, mammals, and birds

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