deerflyとは 意味・読み方・使い方

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• deer fly

語源

From deer +‎ fly.

発音

• (英国発音) IPA^(key): /ˈdɪəflʌɪ/

名詞

deerfly (複数形 deerflies)

1. Any of various species of fly which feed on deer, principally in genus Chrysops.
   • 2004, Richard Fortey, The Earth, Folio Society, published 2011, page 161:

     When the sun comes out, it is totally delightful, except for the mosquitoes, and the blackflies, and the deerflies.

   • 2010, Siddhartha Mukherjee, The Emperor of all Maladies, Fourth Estate, published 2011, page 149:

     The basement was flooded and the couch was growing mildew, so we sat outdoors in the shadows of the trees in a screened tent with deerflies and mosquitoes buzzing outside.

   • 2017, Neil Gaiman, Norse Mythology, Bloomsbury Publishing, page 36:

     It was not a horsefly and it was not a deerfly; it was bigger than either.

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名詞

deer fly (複数形 deer flies)

1. A louse fly, a species in the family Hippoboscidae (Lipoptena cervi), parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals, found in Eurasia.
2. A gold- or green-eyed horsefly of the genus Chrysops in the family Tabanidae; pests to cattle, horses and humans, feeding on their blood.

同意語

• (Lipoptena cervi): deer ked
• (horsefly of the genus Chrysops): yellow fly; stout (Atlantic Canada)

参考

• Lipoptena cervi on Wikipedia.
• Chrysops on Wikipedia.

アナグラム

• flyered