blackfly

See also: black fly

English

Alternative forms

• black fly

Etymology

black +‎ fly

Noun

blackfly (plural blackflies)

1. A black or dark green aphid that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
2. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

Translations

agricultural pest

• Finnish: kirva (fi)

• Russian: свеклови́чная тля f (sveklovíčnaja tlja)

fly of the Simuliidae

• Danish: kvægmyg
• Esperanto: kuleto, similio
• Finnish: mäkärä (fi), mäkäräinen
• Japanese: 蚋 (ja) (ブユ, ぶゆ, buyu)

• Latvian: knislis m
• Russian: мо́шка (ru) f (móška)
• Swedish: knott (sv) c

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• Irish: ^{(please verify)} cuil dhubh f, ^{(please verify)} cuileog dhubh f