"Breeze Fly" is a word in ENGLISH
A fly of various species, of the family Tabanidae,
noted for buzzing about animals, and tormenting them by sucking their
blood; -- called also horsefly, and gadfly. They are among the largest
of two-winged or dipterous insects. The name is also given to different
species of botflies.
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