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deer fly
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deer fly or deer·fly (dîrfl)
n.
Any of various stout-bodied, blood-sucking flies of the genus Chrysops, closely related to the horseflies but smaller and having spotted or banded wings.


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In addition, 9 adult raccoon and 2 adult skunk samples from nearby Great Island (South Yarmouth, MA) collected in 1988 were nonreactive, despite being trapped from a site where dog ticks, rabbits, and deer flies are as common as they are on Martha's Vineyard (unpub.
``It was truly one of the greatest times I ever had, despite the mosquitoes, the deer flies and the chiggers,'' he said.
 
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