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deer fly
deer fly (plural deer flies)


noun 
Definition:
 
small blood-sucking fly: a biting fly that infests deer and other animals, sucking blood and spreading the infectious disease tularemia. It also delivers a stinging bite to humans. Genus Chrysops.
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