TABANIDAE Synonyms

• large brown aquatic larva of the dobsonfly; used as fishing bait

• large soft-bodied insect having long slender mandibles in the male; aquatic larvae often used as bait

• a burden (figuratively in the form of a bundle)

• two-winged insects characterized by active flight

• flap consisting of a piece of canvas that can be drawn back to provide entrance to a tent

• an opening in a garment that is closed by a zipper or by buttons concealed under a fold of cloth

• (baseball) a hit that flies up in the air

• fisherman's lure consisting of a fishhook decorated to look like an insect

• (British informal) not to be deceived or hoodwinked

• travel through the air; be airborne

• move quickly or suddenly

• operate an airplane

• transport by aeroplane

• cause to fly or float

• be dispersed or disseminated

• change quickly from one emotional state to another

• pass away rapidly

• travel in an airplane

• display in the air or cause to float

• run away quickly

• travel over (an area of land or sea) in an aircraft

• hit a fly

• decrease rapidly and disappear

• large stinging paper wasp

• winged fly parasitic on horses

• large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various animals

• a fierce or audacious person

• large feline of forests in most of Asia having a tawny coat with black stripes; endangered

• horseflies