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| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
| stable fly | |
| —n | |
| a blood-sucking muscid fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, that attacks man and domestic animals | |
stable fly
a species of vicious bloodsucking fly in the family Muscidae (sometimes placed in the family Stomoxyidae) in the fly order, Diptera. Stable flies are usually found in open sunny areas, although they may enter a house during bad weather. Often known as biting houseflies, they may transmit anthrax and other animal diseases.
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