horn fly

Questions about horn fly

What is another word for horn fly?

It depends which horn fly you mean. In the sense “small black European fly introduced into North America; sucks blood from cattle especially at the base of the horn”, the synonyms are Haematobia irritans. Across all 1 sense there are 1 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of horn fly?

WordNet records no antonym for horn fly. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for horn fly come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of horn fly

• Full entry for horn flyAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for horn flyWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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