English

Alternative forms

• march fly

Noun

March fly ‎(plural March flies)

1. A dark hairy fly of the family Bibionidae.
2. (Australia) A bloodsucking tabanid horsefly.
   • 1988, Tom Cole, **** West and Crooked (Angus & Robertson 1995, p. 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.

See also

• cleg
• deer fly
• double-headed bug
• forest fly
• gadfly
• honeymoon fly
• kissybug
• lovebug
• telephonebug
• yellow fly
• zimb

English

Alternative forms

• March fly

Noun

march fly ‎(plural march flies)

1. (Australia) A bloodsucking tabanid horsefly.