forest fly

English

Noun

forest fly (plural forest flies)

1. A horsefly, any of numerous species of blood-sucking flies of the family Tabanidae.
2. A fly of the genus Hippobosca, especially Hippobosca equina; a horse tick.

   Synonyms: horse tick, horsefly, horse louse

Translations

fly of the family Tabanidae — see horsefly

fly of the genus Hippobosca

• Albanian: mizë kali f
• Finnish: hevoskärpänen (Hippobosca equina)
• Italian: mosca cavallina f, (Tuscany) mosca culaia (it) f