different between horsefly vs greenhead

English

From Middle English horse fli?e, equivalent to horse +? fly.

horsefly (plural horseflies)

Any of several medium to large flies, of the family Tabanidae, that suck the blood of mammals (not to be confused with Stomoxys calcitrans, the stable fly, or dog fly).

(fly of family Tabanidae): cleg (dialectal), breezefly, gadfly, stoat-fly, stout

(individual species or subgroups of the family Tabanidae): deer fly, yellow fly, March fly (Australia), zimb

green +? head

greenhead (plural greenheads)

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