CLEG

horsefly, cleg, clegg, horse fly

(noun) large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology

Noun

cleg (plural clegs)

(now dialectal) A light breeze.

(Scotland, England dialect) A blood-sucking fly of the family Tabanidae; a gadfly, a horsefly.

Synonyms

• (blood-sucking fly of family Tabanidae): blind-fly (Central Africa), deer fly (genus Chrysops), gadfly, horsefly, tabanid

Anagrams

• CGEL

Source: Wiktionary

Cleg, n. Etym: [Northern Eng. & Scot. gleg: cf. Gael. crethleag.] (Zoöl.)

Definition: A small breeze or horsefly. [North of Eng. & Scot.] Jamieson.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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