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Definition of Deerfly

1. a bloodsucking fly [n -FLIES]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Deerfly

Deep Vent DNA polymerase deep water deep white layer of superior colliculus deer deer deer's-ear deer's-ears deer's-tongue deer-fly disease deer-fly fever

deerberries deerberry deerberry Deere deerflies deerfly (current term) deergrass deerhorn deerhorns deerhound

deerhound deerhounds deerlet deerlet deerlets deerlike deers deerskin deerskin deerskins

Literary usage of Deerfly

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1. Animal Parasites and Human Disease by Asa Crawford Chandler (1922)
"... which swarm in the peripheral blood of the host in the daytime only, undergo eral Chrysops, especially X4, rapid development in Sev- FIG. 227. A deerfly ..."

2. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine (1821)
"... In the wild day-storm—and the clouds rise thy boughs, In dusky ranks along th« horizon, And in their banners, deerfly shrouded, bear The thunderbolt, ..."

3. Sessional Papers by Ontario Legislative Assembly (1917)
"... top of the foot and hip baths already so lavishly provided; and again, that, early and late, mosquitoes and deerfly swarm there in countless myriads. ..."

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