n. any of a number of large dipterous flies -family Tabanidae-; the female of which sucks the blood of horses; cattle; etc. any of various other dipterous flies that bite or infest horses; esp. any of a family -Gasterophilidae- of botflies
I was stung by a horsefly.
I was stung by a horsefly.
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