cleg
cleg · clegs
A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly,…A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid
/klɛɡ/
Значення
значень: 2(England, Шотландія, діалектне)A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid
(діалектне)A light breeze.
Ще визначення
- large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
Походження
From Middle English clege, from Old Norse kleggi. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk klegg. PoFrom Middle English clege, from Old Norse kleggi. Cognate with Norwegian Nynorsk klegg. Possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *glōgʰ-s (“point”); compare Ancient Greek γλωχίς (glōkhís, “barb”).
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