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/
Meaning
2 senses(England, Scotland, dialectal)A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae: gadfly, horsefly, deer fly, blind-fly, tabanid
(dialectal)A light breeze.
More definitions
- large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
Origin
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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