clegg

/klɛɡ/
noun
  1. A large, blood-sucking fly that bites animals and people; a horsefly.
    • The horse swished its tail to shoo away a persistent clegg.
    • A clegg bit my arm while I was hiking near the lake.
    • We had to apply antiseptic after a clegg bite caused a painful swelling.
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