horsefly meaning

horsefly as a noun

1. winged fly parasitic on horses

   Synonyms: horse tick, Hippobosca equina

   Type of: louse fly

2. large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

   Synonyms: cleg, clegg, horse fly

   Type of: gadfly

horsefly in a sentence

• More horseflies than I'd ever seen came and flew around me.