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Meaning of March fly | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.
Any of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae.
Australia, New-Zealand
Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies.

Equivalents

Deutsch Haarmücke

Suomi karvasääski tarhasääski

Français biblion horticole

Examples

“Leo crushed a couple of March flies to death on his splendid mahogany thigh and looked at her speculatively.”

“There were other, less pleasant forms of life, too; March flies with a spike-like proboscis I thought would have no trouble going through a pine board.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

March Madness march music March Revolution March to the Sea march-movement March-out