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# horsefly

«horsefly» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large fly whose females bite people and animals and…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a horsefly, horseflies); also horse-fly

### meaning for a pupil

1) A horsefly is a large fly whose females bite people and animals and drink their blood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#m1)

2) Its bite is painful and can swell and itch. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In science lessons about insects and in summer safety talks near farms, rivers and woods. Phrases: «a horsefly bite», «bitten by a horsefly».

### examples

- A horsefly bit me by the river. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x1)
- Horsefly bites really hurt. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x2)
- Only female horseflies bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x3)
- The horse swished its tail to keep the horseflies away. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x4)
- Horseflies have huge, colourful eyes. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x5)
- Put a cold cloth on a horsefly bite. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x6)
- We saw a big horsefly buzzing round the picnic. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x7)
- Horseflies like warm, damp summer days. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x8)
- As he lay there unable to move, a swarm of horseflies settled on him and sucked his blood undisturbed, for he was too weak even to shake them off. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/#x9)

### note

Plural horseflies (y to ies). Also written horse-fly or horse fly. Tell an adult if a bite gets very swollen, hot or red, since it can get infected. In Australia a similar insect is called a march fly.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «horsefly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/H/horsefly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.