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Noun: clegg  kleg
Usage: Brit, rare (N. Amer: horsefly)
  1. Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
    "cleggs, also known as horse flies, can deliver painful bites";
    - horsefly, cleg [Brit], horse fly
Noun: Clegg  kleg
  1. British politician, a leader of the Liberal Democrats and deputy Prime Minister in a coalition government from May 2010-2015 (born in 1967)
    - Nick Clegg, Nicholas William Peter Clegg

Derived forms: cleggs

Type of: gadfly

Part of: family Tabanidae, Lib Dems [UK], Liberal Democrats [UK], Tabanidae

Encyclopedia: Clegg, North Carolina