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Definition of Blackflies
1. blackfly [n] - See also: blackfly
Lexicographical Neighbors of Blackflies
Literary usage of Blackflies
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"blackflies or Buffalo Gnats General Account. — The blackflies, as annoyers of
domestic animals and man, are among the most important of insect pests. ..."
2. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"blackflies function as collector-filterers. TIPULIDAE (craneflies) DIPTERA were
collected only at Shake Spring of Bonita Creek with 11 specimens all females ..."
3. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Remember that the biomass of the mosquitoes (not to mention the blackflies and
other assorted nasties) is greater than that of the caribou up here. ..."
4. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"It was coming up on the cusp of July and August, and he remembered boyhood summers
on the mountain's slopes abuzz with blackflies and syrupy heat. ..."
5. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"blackflies or Buffalo Gnats General Account. — The blackflies, as annoyers of
domestic animals and man, are among the most important of insect pests. ..."
6. Biodiversity and the Management of the Madrean Archipelago: The Sky Islands edited by Leonard F. DeBano (1999)
"blackflies function as collector-filterers. TIPULIDAE (craneflies) DIPTERA were
collected only at Shake Spring of Bonita Creek with 11 specimens all females ..."
7. Adventure Guide to the Alaska Highway by Ed Readicker-Henderson (2006)
"Remember that the biomass of the mosquitoes (not to mention the blackflies and
other assorted nasties) is greater than that of the caribou up here. ..."
8. Someone Comes to Town, Someone Leaves Town by Cory Doctorow (2005)
"It was coming up on the cusp of July and August, and he remembered boyhood summers
on the mountain's slopes abuzz with blackflies and syrupy heat. ..."
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