blind-fly

名词 n.

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Any of several medium-sized blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, usually species in the genus Haematopota. countable
    — I caught a number of that species of Tabanidae which has a large, grey-striped body, greenish-yellow eyes, and entirely transparent wings. This is locally termed the "blind fly" and it feeds on blood.
  2. The game of blind man's buff uncountable
    — Possibly derived from the Italian name of the game: Mosca cieca, which literally means "blind fly".

词形变化

blind-flies plural
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