horsefly

horsefly is a 8-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 17 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. noun. Any dipterous fly of the family Tabanidae, that stings horses, and sucks their blood.
2. noun. The horse tick or forest fly (Hippobosca).
3. noun. large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

   Synonyms: cleg, clegg

4. noun. winged fly parasitic on horses

Synonyms

cleg, clegg

Common word forms

horseflies

Words from these letters

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