cleg

2 definitions found

cleg - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Cleg \Cleg\, n. [Northern Eng. & Scot. gleg: cf. Gael.
     crethleag.] (Zool.)
     A small breeze or horsefly. [North of Eng. & Scot.]
     --Jamieson.
     [1913 Webster]

cleg - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  cleg
      n 1: large swift fly the female of which sucks blood of various
           animals [syn: horsefly, cleg, clegg, horse fly]