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CLEG

Dictionary entry overview: What does cleg mean?

• CLEG (noun)
The noun CLEG has 1 sense:

1. large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

Familiarity information: CLEG used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLEG (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cleg; clegg; horse fly; horsefly

Hypernyms ("cleg" is a kind of...):

gadfly (any of various large flies that annoy livestock)

Holonyms ("cleg" is a member of...):

family Tabanidae; Tabanidae (horseflies)

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