Black Fly

Definition: Black Fly

Black Fly

Noun

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

Domain	Definitions
Slang in 1811	BLACK FLY. The greatest drawback on the farmer is the black fly, i.e. the parson who takes tithe of the harvest. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.
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Synonyms: Black Fly

Synonyms: blackfly (n), buffalo gnat (n). (additional references)

Crosswords: Black Fly

English words defined with "black fly": Buffalo fly, buffalo gnat ♦ Haematobia irritans, horn fly ♦ Negro fly. (references)

Specialty definitions using "black fly": BLACK FLY ♦ Flying ♦ sycophant. (references)

Domain	Usage
Lyrics	It's a black fly in your Chardonnay (Ironic; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)
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Domain	Title
Books	Old Black Fly (An Owlet Book) (reference) Revision of the Black Fly Genus Gigantodax (Diptera: Simuliidae) (reference) (more book examples)
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Thumbnail	Description & Credit	Thumbnail	Description & Credit
	O. volvulus, the filarial parasite responsible for causing Onchocerciasis , River Blindness, is transmitted to its human host through the bite of Simulium spp. flies such as the Black Fly.Credit: CDC.		River Blindness, is transmitted to its human host through the bite of Simulium spp. flies such as the Black Fly.Credit: CDC.
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The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "black fly"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Danish		aertethrips (bean thrips, pea thrips). (various references)

Dutch		erwtetrips (bean thrips, cabbage thrips, pea thrips), erwtentrips (pea thrips). (various references)

Finnish		herneripsiäinen (bean thrips, pea thrips). (various references)

French		thrips du pois, thrips des pois, thrips de la fève et du pois, physopus robusta, kakothrips robustus. (various references)

German		laus (cootie, greenfly, louse), Erbsenthrips (bean thrips, pea thrips), Erbsenblasenfuss (bean thrips, pea thrips), Erbsenblasenfuß (pea thrips). (various references)

Greek		θριψ των πίσων (bean thrips, pea thrips), θρίπες μπιζελιού (pea thrips). (various references)

Hungarian		tripsz. (various references)

Italian		tripide del pisello (bean thrips, pea thrips), fisapode dei piselli (pea thrips). (various references)

Pig Latin		ackblay yflay

Portuguese		tripídeo da ervilha (pea thrips). (various references)

Spanish		trips del guisante (bean thrips, pea thrips), tripido del guisante (bean thrips, pea thrips), thrips del guisante (pea thrips). (various references)

Swedish		ärttrips (bean thrips, pea thrips). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	Kakothrips robustus, physopus robusta. (various references)
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: blackfly.
	Words within the letters "a-b-c-f-k-l-l-y"
	-1 letter: blackly.
	-3 letters: alkyl, balky, bally, black, flack, flaky.
	-4 letters: ably, acyl, alky, ally, back, balk, ball, caky, calf, calk, call, clay, fall, flab, flak, flay, lack, lacy, laky, yack.
	-5 letters: aby, alb, all, bal, bay, cab, cay, fay, fly, kab, kaf, kay, lab, lac, lay, yak.
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

42 6C 61 63 6B 46 6C 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01000110 01101100 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#66 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#70 &#108 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0042 006C 0061 0063 006B 0046 006C 0079

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

Expression	Frequency per Day
black fly	180
black fly bite	70
black fly sun glasses	66
black fly repellent	7
black fly repellant	6
adirondacks black fly	5
black fly ghost	4
anaphylactic black fly	2
black fly larva	2
arrow black fly spanish	2
black fly repel	2
black fly reel shadow	2
black fly horse product spray store	2
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Black Fly

Definition: Black Fly

Black Fly

Noun

Specialty Definitions: Black Fly

Synonyms: Black Fly

Crosswords: Black Fly

Modern Usage: Black Fly

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Commercial Usage: Black Fly

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Image Slideshow: Black Fly

Illustrations:Black Fly

Photo Album: Black Fly

Frequency of Internet Keywords: Black Fly

Modern Translations: Black Fly

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Ancestral Language Translations: Black Fly

Anagrams: Black Fly

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Alternative Orthography: Black Fly

42 6C 61 63 6B 46 6C 79

01000010 01101100 01100001 01100011 01101011 00100000 01000110 01101100 01111001

&#66 &#108 &#97 &#99 &#107 &#32 &#70 &#108 &#121

0042 006C 0061 0063 006B 0046 006C 0079

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