stable fly

English

Noun

stable fly (plural stable flies)

Any of several medium-sized flies in the genus Stomoxys, of the family Muscidae that includes the housefly. The genus is unusual among members of that family, in that they suck blood from mammals.
1. Stomoxys calcitrans.

Synonyms

(Stomoxys calcitrans): biting house fly, barn fly, dog fly, power mower fly

Translations

stable fly

Armenian: շնաճանճ (hy) (šnačanč)
Catalan: mosca dels estables
Chinese:
Mandarin: 螫蠅／螫蝇 (zh) (shìyíng)
Finnish: pistokärpänen
German: Wadenstecher
Italian: mosca canina
Japanese: サシバエ (sashibae)
Kikuyu: thigai class 9/10
Portuguese: mosca-de-estábulo f
Russian: осе́нняя жига́лка f (osénnjaja žigálka)
Spanish: mosca de los establos
Turkish: kara sinek

References

stable fly on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Stomoxys on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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