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deerflies
n. (plural of deerfly English)
Usage examples of "deerflies".
During these brief respites, Anna swatted deerflies obsessed with the backs of her thighs and split her concentration between enjoying the view and hiding her physical weakness from her compatriots.
Despite the insecticide, horseflies, deerflies and mosquitoes followed.
Horseflies and deerflies took themselves off to wherever it was they went during the dark hours but the mosquitoes remained, a cloud of mindless hunger hovering over the camp.
There were deerflies and horseflies and dragonflies, looking like winged miniatures of their species.