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(countable) Any of several medium-sized blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, usually species in the genus Haematopota. / (uncountable) The game of blind man's buff

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blind-fly

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blind-fly

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countable uncountable

Japanese Meaning

（可算名詞として）中型の吸血性のハエの一種。通常はHaematopota属に属し、血を吸うハエを指す。 / （不可算名詞として）盲目の人が行う遊び、またはそのゲームのこと。

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夕暮れの湿地をハイキングしていると、ウシアブが彼女の腕に止まり、彼女が払いのける前に血を吸った。

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(countable) Any of several medium-sized blood-sucking flies, of the family Tabanidae, usually species in the genus Haematopota.

I caught a number of that species of Tabanidae which has a large, grey-striped body, greenish-yellow eyes, and entirely transparent wings. This is locally termed the "blind fly" and it feeds on blood.

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