Meaning

2 senses

  1. A black or dark green aphid (Aphis fabae) that is a common pest of agricultural crops.

    свеклови́чная тляsveklovíčnaja tlja

  2. Any of various small black bloodsucking flies of the family Simuliidae.

    Kriebelmücke

    мо́шкаmóška

More definitions
  • small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals
  • blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets

Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 2
agricultural pest:
fly of the Simuliidae:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
fly of the Simuliidae:

Forms

plural: blackflies

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • small blackish stout-bodied biting fly having aquatic larvae; sucks the blood of birds as well as humans and other mammals:black flybuffalo gnat
  • blackish aphid that infests e.g. beans and sugar beets:bean aphidAphis fabae

See also

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