Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An injurious muscid fly, Hæmatobia serrata, common to Europe and the United States: named from its habit of clustering on the horns of cattle.
- noun A sphingid moth: same as
horn-blower , 2.
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Examples
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It is supposed that flies belonging to the same genus as the horse-fly (_Tabanus_ and others), and the stable-fly (_Stomoxys_) and the horn-fly (_Hæmatobia_) are responsible for the spread of the disease.
Insects and Diseases A Popular Account of the Way in Which Insects may Spread or Cause some of our Common Diseases Rennie Wilbur Doane
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The cattle we passed on the way were suffering dreadfully from another introduction from the States -- the Texas horn-fly, which had recently made its appearance.
Time and Change John Burroughs 1879
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