BLACKFLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does blackfly mean? 

• BLACKFLY (noun)
  The noun BLACKFLY has 2 senses:

1. blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets

2. small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

  Familiarity information: BLACKFLY used as a noun is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• BLACKFLY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Aphis fabae; bean aphid; blackfly

Hypernyms ("blackfly" is a kind of...):

aphid (any of various small plant-sucking insects)

Holonyms ("blackfly" is a member of...):

Aphis; genus Aphis (type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

black fly; blackfly; buffalo gnat

Hypernyms ("blackfly" is a kind of...):

gnat (any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies)

Holonyms ("blackfly" is a member of...):

genus Simulium; Simulium (type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies)