English Dictionary

deer fly

名詞

A Eurasian species of louse fly in the family Hippoboscidae, Lipoptena cervi; parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals.

日本語の意味

ユーラシア産のハイポボスキダエ科に属するシラミバエの一種で、エルク、シカ、その他ウシ科の動物に寄生し、血を吸い、宿主の毛皮に卵を産み付ける昆虫

A deer fly clung to the biologist's sleeve as she examined the wild deer.

生物学者が野生のシカを調べていると、シカヒメバエ（Lipoptena cervi）が彼女の袖にしがみついた。

意味（1）

A Eurasian species of louse fly in the family Hippoboscidae, Lipoptena cervi; parasites of elk, deer and other bovine animals, sucking blood and laying eggs in the fur of the host animals.

意味（2）

A gold- or green-eyed horsefly of the genus Chrysops in the family Tabanidae; pests to cattle, horses and humans, feeding on their blood.

deer flies （ plural ）