March fly

See also: march fly

English

Alternative forms

• march fly, marchfly, Marchfly

Pronunciation

• Audio (General Australian):

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Noun

March fly (plural March flies)

1. Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies. [from 19th c.]
2. (Australia, New Zealand) Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae. [from 19th c.]
   • 1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 130:

     Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively.

   • 1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 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.

3. Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies.

Coordinate terms

• cleg, deer fly, forest fly, gadfly, yellow fly, zimb

Translations

fly of the family Bibionidae

• Finnish: karvasääski
• French: please add this translation if you can
• German: Haarmücke f
• Polish: leniowaty m

Bibio hortulanus

• Finnish: tarhasääski
• French: biblion horticole m

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Translations to be checked

• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} trädgårdshårmygga c

References

• “March fly”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
• March fly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia