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Definition of Deerfly
1. a bloodsucking fly [n -FLIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Deerfly
Literary usage of Deerfly
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"... which swarm in the peripheral blood of the host in the daytime only, undergo
eral Chrysops, especially X4, rapid development in Sev- FIG. 227. A deerfly ..."
2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"... In the wild day-storm—and the clouds rise thy boughs, In dusky ranks along
th« horizon, And in their banners, deerfly shrouded, bear The thunderbolt, ..."
3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1917)
"... top of the foot and hip baths already so lavishly provided; and again, that,
early and late, mosquitoes and deerfly swarm there in countless myriads. ..."
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