Blackfly

Acceptable For Game Play - US & UK word lists

This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A black or dark green aphid that is a common pest of agricultural crops.
  • n. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.
    • Word Usage
    "Noseeums are a particularly nasty, and tiny, species of 'blackfly' which inhabit northern woodlands."
    Equivalent
    blackfly   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    gnat    aphid   
    Cross Reference
    innoxious black-fly   
    Variant
    buffalo gnat    bean aphid   
     
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