March fly
noun1
Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.
2
Australia, New Zealand Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae.
- Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively.1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 130:
- There were other, less pleasant forms of life, too; March flies with a spike-like proboscis I thought would have no trouble going through a pine board.1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 237:
3
Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies.
- Coordinate terms
- cleg, deer fly, forest fly, gadfly, yellow fly, zimb