march fly

plural march flies

1. alternativeAlternative form of March fly.

plural March flies · alternative march fly · alternative marchfly · alternative Marchfly

1. Any member of the family Bibionidae of dark hairy flies.First known use 19th c.
2. AustraliaNew ZealandAny of the bloodsucking horseflies of family Tabanidae.First known use 19th c.

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

   1979, Thea Astley, Hunting the Wild Pineapple, Nelson, page 130

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   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.

   1988, Tom Cole, Hell West and Crooked, Angus & Robertson, published 1995, page 237

3. Tipula hortulana (syn. Bibio hortulanus), now of family Tipulidae of crane flies.