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blackfly

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Noun1.blackflyblackfly - blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets
Aphis fabae, bean aphid
aphid - any of various small plant-sucking insects
Aphis, genus Aphis - type genus of the Aphididae: injurious to fruit trees and vegetables
2.blackflyblackfly - small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
black fly, buffalo gnat
gnat - any of various small biting flies: midges; biting midges; black flies; sand flies
genus Simulium, Simulium - type genus of the Simuliidae: blackflies


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