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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (2)

1. blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets;
[syn: blackfly, bean aphid, Aphis fabae]

2. small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals;
[syn: blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

black fly \black fly\, blackfly \blackfly\, (Zool.) 1. In the United States, a small, venomous, two-winged fly of the genus Simulium of several species, exceedingly abundant and troublesome in the northern forests; -- called also buffalo gnat. The larv[ae] are aquatic. It sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals. [WordNet 1.5 + WordNet 1.5] 2. A black plant louse, as the bean aphis (Aphis fab[ae]), which infests e. g. beans and sugar beets; -- called also bean aphid. [WordNet 1.5]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

blackfly n 1: blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets [syn: blackfly, bean aphid, Aphis fabae] 2: small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals [syn: blackfly, black fly, buffalo gnat]