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Noun: cleg
Usage: Brit (N. Amer: horsefly)
  1. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
    "Clegs, also known as horse flies, can deliver painful bites";
    - horsefly, clegg [Brit, rare], horse fly

Derived forms: clegs

Type of: gadfly

Part of: family Tabanidae, Tabanidae

Encyclopedia: Cleg