stable fly

English

The most widely recognized species of stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, resembles a smallish housefly, but, instead of the sponging mouthparts of a housefly, has a hard, dark, forward-projecting proboscis, capable of piercing an animal's skin for sucking blood.

Noun

stable fly (plural stable flies)

1. Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus , of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
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Synonyms

• (Stomoxys calcitrans): biting house fly, barn fly, dog fly, power mower fly

Translations

stable fly

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 螫蠅／螫蝇 (zh), 螫蝇 (zh) (shìyíng)

• Finnish: pistokärpänen
• German: Wadenstecher
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• Japanese: サシバエ (sashibae)
• Kikuyu: thigai class 9/10
• Russian: осе́нняя жига́лка f (osénnjaja žigálka)
• Turkish: kara sinek

Further reading

• Stomoxys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies