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Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
deer fly

▶noun

1 a bloodsucking louse fly which is a parasite of deer. [Lipoptena cervi.]

2 a bloodsucking horsefly which attacks large mammals and can transmit various diseases. [Genus Chrysops.]

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