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PRONUNCIATION OF STABLE FLY

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF STABLE FLY

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Stable fly is a noun.
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WHAT DOES STABLE FLY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

stable fly

Stable fly

Stomoxys calcitrans is commonly called the stable fly, barn fly, biting house fly, dog fly, or power mower fly. Unlike most members of the family Muscidae, Stomoxys calcitrans and others of its genus suck blood from mammals. Now found worldwide, the species is considered to be of Eurasian origin.

Definition of stable fly in the English dictionary

The definition of stable fly in the dictionary is a blood-sucking muscid fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, that attacks man and domestic animals.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE STABLE FLY

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WORDS THAT END LIKE STABLE FLY

bee fly
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Synonyms and antonyms of stable fly in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «stable fly» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF STABLE FLY

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The translations of stable fly from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «stable fly» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

厩螫蝇
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

mosca de los establos
570 millions of speakers

English

stable fly
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्थिर मक्खी
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

ذبابة مستقر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

жигалка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

mosca de estábulo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্থিতিশীল উড়ে
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mouche stable
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Terbang stabil
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Stallfliege
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

サシバエ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

안정적인 비행
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Fly stabil
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bay ổn định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

நிலையான பறக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्थिर मक्खी
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Kararlı sinek
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

fly stabile
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

stabilne mucha
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

жигалка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

musca de grajd
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αλογόμυγα
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

stabiele vlieg
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stabil fluga
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

stabil fly
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of stable fly

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «STABLE FLY»

The term «stable fly» is normally little used and occupies the 145.267 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «STABLE FLY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about stable fly

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «STABLE FLY»

Discover the use of stable fly in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to stable fly and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Stable Fly: How to Prevent Its Annoyance and Its Losses ...
"The acute pain produced by the insertion of the proboscis of the stable fly brings to any man a sudden realization that this biting insect is pointedly different from the house fly or typhoid fly, although hitherto his opinion had been ...
Fred Corry Bishopp, 1920
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Management and Characterization of Stable Fly Larval ...
Stable flies, Stomoxys calcitrans (L.), are a serious pest to beef cattle in confined animal feeding operations (CAFOs) by causing economic losses in the form of reduced feed intake and feed efficiency, resulting in reduced weight gain.
Justin L. Talley, 2008
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Predicting and Controlling Stable Flies on California Dairies
In moister and cooler areas of Northern California, stable fly production is probably a problem in midsummer, but no specific studies have been done to document this. Stable flies can be expected to be more abundant during high rainfall years ...
Alec C. Gerry
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Insects and Wildlife: Arthropods and their Relationships ...
The stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans (Fig. 10.17), also called the dog fly or the biting house fly, is primarily known as a pest of cattle. It is now found throughout the world. In general appearance, it closely resembles a house fly, Musca domestica, ...
Dr John Capinera, 2011
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Medical and Veterinary Entomology
Days from egg to adult Eggs Generations Overwintering Name Minimum Normal per cycle per year stages House fly 7 10-21 120-150 Multiple All? Stable fly 12 15-30 80-100 Multiple All? Garbage flies 9 14-25 70-190 Multiple Larva False ...
Gary R. Mullen, Lance A. Durden, 2002
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Proceedings of First Symposium on New World Trypanosomes
The stable fly, S calc Urans, is the most widely distributed and discussion regarding this species is generally applicable to other Stomoxys species. S. calcitrara resembles the house fly Musca domestica L., the sword-like proboscis projecting ...
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Encyclopedia of Pest Management
The house fly (Musca domesticd) and stable fly (Sto- moxys calcitrans) are relatively minor pests in liquid waste management systems (1). Largely unsuitable for fly development, lagoons provide a relatively inexpensive, simple means of ...
David Pimentel, Ph.D., 2002
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Georgis' Parasitology for Veterinarians
The stable fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, resembles Musca species but has a long, pointed proboscis with which it inflicts painful bites instead of the vacuum cleaner affair with which Musca sucks up liquids from little puddles. FIGURE 2-14. Head of ...
Dwight D. Bowman, Jay R. Georgi, 2009
9
IPM and Biological Control of Plant Pests
Seven parasite species represented approximately 90% of the parasites recovered from stable fly and house fly pupae, and included Spalangia endius Walker, Spalangia cameroni Perkins, Spalangia nigroaenea Curtis, Muscidifurax raptor ...
DIANE Publishing Company, 1995
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Ninety-nine Gnats, Nits, and Nibblers
But even the rank amateur can detect the most important morphological difference between the stable fly and the house fly: while house flies have spongy soft mouthparts which they use to suck up liquified garbage of all descriptions, stable ...
May Berenbaum, 1989

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «STABLE FLY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term stable fly is used in the context of the following news items.
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Reducing fly populations on pastured cattle in Nebraska
There are three fly species in Nebraska that economically impact grazing cattle; horn fly, face fly and stable fly. The Horn Fly. Horn flies are about 3/16” in length ... «CattleNetwork.com, May 15»
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The Country Life: They're here! Break out the fly swatter
There's the stable fly, aka the biting house fly - "a blood-feeding pest known to attack almost any kind of warm-blooded animal. It is a major pest of confined ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Aug 14»
3
Fly control in cattle
There are three main fly species that can economically impact pastured cattle and those are the horn fly, the face fly and the stable fly. Horn flies are responsible ... «Ohio's Country Journal and Ohio Ag Net, Jun 14»
4
Cattle fly control options
There are three main fly species that can economically impact pastured cattle and those are the horn fly, the face fly and the stable fly. Horn flies are responsible ... «CattleNetwork.com, Jun 14»
5
Reducing Fly Numbers on Pastured Cattle
There are three fly species in Nebraska and much of the United States which could economically impact pastured livestock: the horn fly, face fly and stable fly. «AgWeb, May 14»
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Controlling Flies on Pastured Cattle
Stable flies have been pests of Nebraska feedlots and dairies in for many years. More recently the stable fly has expanded its range to include feeding on ... «AgWeb, May 14»
7
Building A Better “Fly Swatter” Based on Science
Although the scientists have focused principally on common house flies, other tests showed that the black dump fly and the stable fly are also significantly ... «USDA.gov, Apr 13»
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Plague of Flies Keeps Costa Rica's Northern Farmers and Residents …
Known as the stable fly, it has spread for the mismanagement of waste fruits. This insect develops in about 24 days and feeds on the blood of animals, especially ... «Inside Costa Rica, Jun 12»
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Pasture fly control-there are things you can do
Sometimes there is confusion between horn flies and stable flies, which also attack an animal's legs. Like the stable fly, horn flies have piercing mouthparts. «Farm and Ranch Guide, May 12»
10
Catnip Oil Tested as Stable Fly Repellent
Currently the only methods for controlling stable fly populations include the removal ... In addition, the oil has been shown to destroy stable fly larvae, effectively ... «TheHorse.com, Feb 11»

REFERENCE
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