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Meaning of CLEG

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals
 
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 Synonyms: clegg, horse fly, horsefly
 
 See Also: family Tabanidae, gadfly, Tabanidae

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Cleg\, n. [Northern Eng. & Scot. gleg: cf. Gael.
crethleag.] (Zo["o]l.)
A small breeze or horsefly. [North of Eng. & Scot.]
--Jamieson.
 

 

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