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CLEGG
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Dictionary entry overview: What does clegg mean?
• CLEGG (noun)
The noun CLEGG has 1 sense:
1. large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
Familiarity information: CLEGG used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
cleg; clegg; horse fly; horsefly
Hypernyms ("clegg" is a kind of...):
gadfly (any of various large flies that annoy livestock)
Holonyms ("clegg" is a member of...):
family Tabanidae; Tabanidae (horseflies)
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