Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun horse_fly

1 sense of horse fly

Sense 1
horsefly, cleg, clegg, horse fly -- (large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals)
       => gadfly -- (any of various large flies that annoy livestock)


1 of 2 senses of horsefly

Sense 1
horse tick, horsefly, Hippobosca equina -- (winged fly parasitic on horses)
       => louse fly, hippoboscid -- (bloodsucking dipterous fly parasitic on birds and mammals)